JavaScript/jQuery Autocomplete - Accessibility

Accessibility Features Overview

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

Key Action
Alt + ↓ Opens the drop-down menu.
Alt + ↑ / Esc Closes the drop-down menu.
↑ / ↓ Moves focus to the previous/next menu item.
Page Up / Page Down Moves focus to the first/last menu item.
Enter Selects focused menu item.

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

JavaScript
  • function registerKeyHandlers () {
  • const autocomplete = $("#autocompleteContainer").dxAutocomplete("instance");
  • autocomplete.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • autocomplete.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }

Screen Reader Support

The Autocomplete 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 label.