Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the SelectBox 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 SelectBox 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) |
SelectBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the SelectBox component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
Alt + ↓ | Opens the drop-down list. |
Alt + ↑ | Closes the drop-down list. |
Esc | Closes the drop-down list and removes focus from the UI component. |
↑ / ↓ | If the drop-down list is opened, moves focus to the previous/next item; otherwise, selects the previous/next item. |
Page Up / Page Down | Moves focus to the first/last item. |
Enter or Space | Selects the item. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
App.js
- import React from 'react';
- import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
- import { SelectBox } from 'devextreme-react/select-box';
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.selectBoxRef = React.createRef();
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <SelectBox ref={this.selectBoxRef} />
- );
- }
- get selectBox() {
- return this.selectBoxRef.current.instance();
- }
- componentDidMount() {
- this.selectBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- this.selectBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
- // ...
- });
- }
- }
- export default App;
Screen Reader Support
The SelectBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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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