Accessibility Features Overview
| 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 ButtonGroup 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) | ButtonGroup 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 ButtonGroup component:
| Key | Action | 
|---|---|
| ← ↑ or PageUp | Moves focus to the previous button. | 
| → ↓ or PageDown | Moves focus to the next button. | 
| Home | Moves focus to the first button. | 
| End | Moves focus to the last button. | 
| Enter or Space | Identical to a click. | 
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const buttonGroup = $("#buttonGroupContainer").dxButtonGroup("instance");
    buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
        // ...
    });
}Angular
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxButtonGroupModule, DxButtonGroupComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    @ViewChild(DxButtonGroupComponent, { static: false }) buttonGroup: DxButtonGroupComponent;
    // Prior to Angular 8
    // @ViewChild(DxButtonGroupComponent) buttonGroup: DxButtonGroupComponent;
    ngAfterViewInit () {
        this.buttonGroup.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.buttonGroup.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxButtonGroupModule
    ],
    // ...
})Vue
<template>
    <DxButtonGroup :ref="myButtonGroupRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxButtonGroup from 'devextreme-vue/button-group';
const myButtonGroupRef = 'my-button-group';
export default {
    components: {
        DxButtonGroup
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myButtonGroupRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        buttonGroup: function() {
            return this.$refs[myButtonGroupRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
</script>React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import { ButtonGroup } from 'devextreme-react/button-group';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.buttonGroupRef = React.createRef();
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <ButtonGroup ref={this.buttonGroupRef} />
        );
    }
    get buttonGroup() {
        return this.buttonGroupRef.current.instance();
    }
    componentDidMount() {
        this.buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.buttonGroup.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
export default App;Screen Reader Support
The ButtonGroup component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
Each button's aria label depends on the properties you use. If you specify the text property, its value is copied to the aria-label. If you do not specify text, but set the icon property, the icon can affect the aria label, depending on the value:
- SVG 
 The content of the- titletag is copied to the aria label.
- DevExtreme icon, font icon 
 The icon name is copied to the aria label.
- Path to the icon file 
 The file name is copied to the aria label.
In other cases, use elementAttr to specify the aria-label directly.
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