Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the Menu 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 Menu 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) |
Menu does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
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 Menu component:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Left Arrow | Moves focus to the previous item. Closes the submenu and focuses on its parent item. |
| Right Arrow | Moves focus to the next item. Opens the submenu of the focused item. |
| Up Arrow | Moves focus to the previous item. |
| Down Arrow | Moves focus to the next item. |
| Home | Sets focus to the first item in the menu/submenu. |
| End | Sets focus to the last item in the menu/submenu. |
| Space | Switches the focused item to the selected state. |
| Enter | Chooses the focused item. |
If you set adaptivityEnabled to true, the Menu acts as a TreeView.
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
index.js
const menu = $('#menuContainer').dxMenu('instance');
menu.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument 'e' contains information about the event
});
menu.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});Angular
app.component.ts
import { ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxMenuComponent } from 'devextreme-angular/ui/menu';
@Component({
imports: [DxMenuComponent],
// ...
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
@ViewChild(DxMenuComponent, { static: false }) menu!: DxMenuComponent;
// Prior to Angular 8
// @ViewChild(DxMenuComponent) menu: DxMenuComponent;
ngAfterViewInit () {
this.menu.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information about the event
});
this.menu.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}Vue
Code
<template>
<DxMenu ref="menuRef" />
</template>
<script setup lang="ts">
import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue';
import { DxMenu } from 'devextreme-vue/menu';
const menuRef = ref<DxMenu | null>(null);
onMounted(() => {
menuRef.value.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information about the event
});
menuRef.value.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
})
</script>React
App.tsx
import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
import { Menu, type MenuRef } from 'devextreme-react/menu';
function App() {
const menuRef = useRef<MenuRef>(null);
useEffect(() => {
const menu = menuRef.current.instance();
menu.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information about the event
});
menu.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}, []);
return (
<Menu ref={menuRef} />
);
}Screen Reader Support
The Menu component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.