Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the List features you use.
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 List 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) |
List does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
- | 2.5.7 Dragging Movements (Level AA 2.2 only) | If itemDragging is enabled, the List component does not meet this criterion. |
502.3.10 List of Actions 11.5.2.11 List of available actions |
- | List does not supply information about the reorder and remove operations. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the List component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
↑ / ↓ | Moves focus to the previous/next item. |
Page Up / Page Down | Moves focus to the item located a screen above/below the current one. |
Home / End | Moves focus to the first/last item. |
Enter or Space | Selects the focused item. |
Shift + ↑ / ↓ | Shifts the focused item one item up/down. Active if the allowItemReordering property is set to true. |
Delete | Removes the focused item. Active if the allowItemDeleting property is set to true. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
TypeScript
- import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
- import { DxListModule, DxListComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
- // ...
- export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
- @ViewChild(DxListComponent, { static: false }) list: DxListComponent;
- // Prior to Angular 8
- // @ViewChild(DxListComponent) list: DxListComponent;
- ngAfterViewInit () {
- this.list.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- this.list.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
- // ...
- });
- }
- }
- @NgModule({
- imports: [
- // ...
- DxListModule
- ],
- // ...
- })
Screen Reader Support
The List component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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