Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the Accordion features that you use.
Accessibility Requirement | Support Level |
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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 Accordion component complies to all Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards criteria except the following:
Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description |
---|---|---|
- | 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A) | Accordion has an unexpected navigation order if there are interactive elements within the content. |
- | 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) | Accordion does not supply information about the nested interactive elements. |
11.5.2.5 Object information | - | Accordion does not supply information about the open and closed elements. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the Accordion component:
Key | Action |
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↑ or PageUp | Sets focus to the previous panel. |
↓ or PageDown | Sets focus to the next panel. |
Home | Sets focus to the first panel. |
End | Sets focus to the last panel. |
Enter | Expands the focused panel. |
Space | Collapses the focused panel. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () { const accordion = $("#accordionContainer").dxAccordion("instance"); accordion.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); accordion.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) { // ... }); }
Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core'; import { DxAccordionModule, DxAccordionComponent } from 'devextreme-angular'; // ... export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit { @ViewChild(DxAccordionComponent, { static: false }) accordion: DxAccordionComponent; // Prior to Angular 8 // @ViewChild(DxAccordionComponent) accordion: DxAccordionComponent; ngAfterViewInit () { this.accordion.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.accordion.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxAccordionModule ], // ... })
Vue
<template> <DxAccordion :ref="myAccordionRef" /> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxAccordion from 'devextreme-vue/accordion'; const myAccordionRef = 'my-accordion'; export default { components: { DxAccordion }, data() { return { myAccordionRef } }, computed: { accordion: function() { return this.$refs[myAccordionRef].instance; } }, mounted: function() { this.accordion.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.accordion.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } </script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react'; import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import { Accordion } from 'devextreme-react/accordion'; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.accordionRef = React.createRef(); } render() { return ( <Accordion ref={this.accordionRef} /> ); } get accordion() { return this.accordionRef.current.instance; } componentDidMount() { this.accordion.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.accordion.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } export default App;
Screen Reader Support
The Accordion component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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