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 DropDownBox 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) | DropDownBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. | 
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) | 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) | The placeholder text color does not meet contrast criteria. | 
| 11.5.2.5 Object information | 3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A) 3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA) 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) | The validation state and error message of DropDownBox are not pronounced when the control’s validation state changes or users change the text input. | 
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the DropDownBox component:
| Key | Action | 
|---|---|
| Alt + ↓ | Opens the drop-down field. | 
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const dropDownBox = $("#dropDownBoxContainer").dxDropDownBox("instance");
    dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler("escape", function(e) {
        dropDownBox.option('opened', false);
    });
}Angular
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDropDownBoxModule, DxDropDownBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    @ViewChild(DxDropDownBoxComponent, { static: false }) dropDownBox: DxDropDownBoxComponent;
    ngAfterViewInit () {
        this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) {
            this.dropDownBox.instance.option('opened', false);
        });
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDropDownBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})Vue
<template>
    <DxDropDownBox :ref="myDropDownBoxRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxDropDownBox from 'devextreme-vue/drop-down-box';
const myDropDownBoxRef = 'my-drop-down-box';
export default {
    components: {
        DxDropDownBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myDropDownBoxRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        dropDownBox: function() {
            return this.$refs[myDropDownBoxRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) {
            this.dropDownBox.option('opened', false);
        });
    }
}
</script>React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import { DropDownBox } from 'devextreme-react/drop-down-box';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.dropDownBoxRef = React.createRef();
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <DropDownBox ref={this.dropDownBoxRef} />
        );
    }
    get dropDownBox() {
        return this.dropDownBoxRef.current.instance();
    }
    componentDidMount() {
        this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) {
            this.dropDownBox.option('opened', false);
        });
    }
}
export default App;Screen Reader Support
The DropDownBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards. Known exceptions are listed in the Accessibility Standards Compliance topic.
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.
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