JavaScript/jQuery CheckBox - Accessibility

Accessibility Features Overview

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

Key Action
Space Changes the UI component value.

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

jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const checkBox = $("#checkBoxContainer").dxCheckBox("instance");
    checkBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    checkBox.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
        // ...
    });
}
Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxCheckBoxModule, DxCheckBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    @ViewChild(DxCheckBoxComponent, { static: false }) checkBox: DxCheckBoxComponent;
    // Prior to Angular 8
    // @ViewChild(DxCheckBoxComponent) checkBox: DxCheckBoxComponent;

    ngAfterViewInit () {
        this.checkBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.checkBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxCheckBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
<template>
    <DxCheckBox :ref="myCheckBoxRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxCheckBox from 'devextreme-vue/check-box';

const myCheckBoxRef = 'my-check-box';

export default {
    components: {
        DxCheckBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myCheckBoxRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        checkBox: function() {
            return this.$refs[myCheckBoxRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.checkBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.checkBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
</script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { CheckBox } from 'devextreme-react/check-box';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.checkBoxRef = React.createRef();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <CheckBox ref={this.checkBoxRef} />
        );
    }

    get checkBox() {
        return this.checkBoxRef.current.instance;
    }

    componentDidMount() {
        this.checkBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.checkBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}

export default App;

Screen Reader Support

The CheckBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.

The CheckBox's aria label depends on the properties you use. If you specify the text or hint property, its value is copied to the aria-label. In other cases, use elementAttr to specify the aria-label directly.