Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the RangeSlider features that 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 RangeSlider component complies to all Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards criteria.
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the RangeSlider component:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Decreases/increases the value of the focused handle by a step. |
| Page Up / Page Down | Decreases/increases the value of the focused handle by a keyStep. |
| Home / End | Sets the focused handle to the minimum/maximum value or to the value of the other handle. |
| Tab / Shift + Tab | Switches between the handles. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () {
const rangeSlider = $("#rangeSliderContainer").dxRangeSlider("instance");
rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
// ...
});
}Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxRangeSliderModule, DxRangeSliderComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
@ViewChild(DxRangeSliderComponent, { static: false }) rangeSlider: DxRangeSliderComponent;
// Prior to Angular 8
// @ViewChild(DxRangeSliderComponent) rangeSlider: DxRangeSliderComponent;
ngAfterViewInit () {
this.rangeSlider.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.rangeSlider.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
@NgModule({
imports: [
// ...
DxRangeSliderModule
],
// ...
})Vue
<template>
<DxRangeSlider :ref="myRangeSliderRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxRangeSlider from 'devextreme-vue/range-slider';
const myRangeSliderRef = 'my-range-slider';
export default {
components: {
DxRangeSlider
},
data() {
return {
myRangeSliderRef
}
},
computed: {
rangeSlider: function() {
return this.$refs[myRangeSliderRef].instance;
}
},
mounted: function() {
this.rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
</script>React
App.js
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import { RangeSlider } from 'devextreme-react/range-slider';
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.rangeSliderRef = React.createRef();
}
render() {
return (
<RangeSlider ref={this.rangeSliderRef} />
);
}
get rangeSlider() {
return this.rangeSliderRef.current.instance;
}
componentDidMount() {
this.rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
// The argument "e" contains information on the event
});
this.rangeSlider.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
// ...
});
}
}
export default App;Screen Reader Support
The RangeSlider component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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