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 complies to all Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards criteria.
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the Menu component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
← | Moves focus to the previous item. Closes the submenu and focuses on its parent item. |
→ | Moves focus to the next item. Opens the submenu of the focused item. |
↑ | Moves focus to the previous item. |
↓ | 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.
- <template>
- <DxMenu :ref="myMenuRef" />
- </template>
- <script>
- import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
- import DxMenu from 'devextreme-vue/menu';
- const myMenuRef = 'my-menu';
- export default {
- components: {
- DxMenu
- },
- data() {
- return {
- myMenuRef
- }
- },
- computed: {
- menu: function() {
- return this.$refs[myMenuRef].instance;
- }
- },
- mounted: function() {
- this.menu.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- this.menu.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
- // ...
- });
- }
- }
- </script>
Screen Reader Support
The Menu component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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