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 DropDownBox 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) |
DropDownBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the DropDownBox component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
Alt + ↓ | Opens the drop-down field. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
- import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
- import { DxDropDownBoxModule, DxDropDownBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
- // ...
- export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
- @ViewChild(DxDropDownBoxComponent, { static: false }) dropDownBox: DxDropDownBoxComponent;
- ngAfterViewInit () {
- this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) {
- this.dropDownBox.instance.option('opened', false);
- });
- }
- }
- @NgModule({
- imports: [
- // ...
- DxDropDownBoxModule
- ],
- // ...
- })
Screen Reader Support
The DropDownBox 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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