Accessibility Features Overview
| Accessibility Requirement | Support Level |
|---|---|
| Right-to-Left Support | |
| Keyboard Navigation Support | |
| Screen Reader Support | |
| Contrast Color Theme | |
| Mobile Device Support | |
| Lighthouse Accessibility Validation | |
| Axe Accessibility Validation | |
| WAVE Accessibility Validation | |
| Section 508 Support | |
| WCAG 2.x Support |
- - All component features meet the requirement
- - Some component features may not meet the requirement
- - Accessibility requirement is not supported
Accessibility Standards Compliance
The ColorBox component meets a variety of Section 508 and WCAG 2.x compliance standards. Known exceptions:
| Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description |
|---|---|---|
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) |
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) |
ColorBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
| 11.5.2.13 Tracking of focus and selection attributes | 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A) | The ColorBox component does not meet this criterion. |
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) |
2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA) | The ColorBox palette handle does not have a focus indicator. |
| - | 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) | A drop-down button, handlers of alpha channel, and hue scale in ColorBox. |
The component also complies with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) directives.
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the ColorBox component:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← → ↑ ↓ | Moves the color pointer. |
| Ctrl + ↑ | Moves the RGB slider up. |
| Ctrl + ↓ | Moves the RGB slider down. |
| Ctrl + ← | Moves the transparency slider left. |
| Ctrl + → | Moves the transparency slider right. |
| Enter | Selects the color. |
| Alt + ↑ | Opens the drop-down editor. |
| Alt + ↓ or Esc | Closes the drop-down editor. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
function registerKeyHandlers () {
const colorBox = $("#colorBoxContainer").dxColorBox("instance");
colorBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
colorBox.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
// ...
});
}Angular
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxColorBoxModule, DxColorBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
@ViewChild(DxColorBoxComponent, { static: false }) colorBox: DxColorBoxComponent;
// Prior to Angular 8
// @ViewChild(DxColorBoxComponent) colorBox: DxColorBoxComponent;
ngAfterViewInit () {
this.colorBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.colorBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
@NgModule({
imports: [
// ...
DxColorBoxModule
],
// ...
})Vue
<template>
<DxColorBox :ref="myColorBoxRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxColorBox from 'devextreme-vue/color-box';
const myColorBoxRef = 'my-color-box';
export default {
components: {
DxColorBox
},
data() {
return {
myColorBoxRef
}
},
computed: {
colorBox: function() {
return this.$refs[myColorBoxRef].instance;
}
},
mounted: function() {
this.colorBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.colorBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
</script>React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import { ColorBox } from 'devextreme-react/color-box';
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.colorBoxRef = React.createRef();
}
render() {
return (
<ColorBox ref={this.colorBoxRef} />
);
}
get colorBox() {
return this.colorBoxRef.current.instance();
}
componentDidMount() {
this.colorBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.colorBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
export default App;Screen Reader Support
The ColorBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards. Known exceptions are listed in the Accessibility Standards Compliance topic.
To improve accessibility, use the inputAttr property to specify aria-label for the component. You do not need to specify aria-label if you use label.
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