Vue ContextMenu - Accessibility

Accessibility Features Overview

NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the ContextMenu 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 ContextMenu 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 ContextMenu component:

Key Action
Closes the submenu and focuses on its parent item.
Opens the submenu of the focused 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.

Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.

  • <template>
  • <DxContextMenu :ref="myContextMenuRef" />
  • </template>
  • <script>
  • import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
  •  
  • import DxContextMenu from 'devextreme-vue/context-menu';
  •  
  • const myContextMenuRef = 'my-context-menu';
  •  
  • export default {
  • components: {
  • DxContextMenu
  • },
  • data() {
  • return {
  • myContextMenuRef
  • }
  • },
  • computed: {
  • contextMenu: function() {
  • return this.$refs[myContextMenuRef].instance;
  • }
  • },
  • mounted: function() {
  • this.contextMenu.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • this.contextMenu.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }
  • }
  • </script>

Screen Reader Support

The ContextMenu component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.