Vue NumberBox - Accessibility

Accessibility Features Overview

NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the NumberBox 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 NumberBox 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)
NumberBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes.
- 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) A spin button.

Keyboard Navigation

A user can use the following keys to interact with the NumberBox component:

Key Action
↑ or mouse wheel up Increases the UI component value by a step.
↓ or mouse wheel down Decreases the UI component value by a step.

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

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

Screen Reader Support

The NumberBox 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 the label option.