JavaScript/jQuery Popup - Accessibility

Accessibility Features Overview

NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the Popup 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 Popup 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)		 Popup does not support Windows High Contrast themes.
501 (Web)(Software)
504.2 (Authoring Tool)
602.3 (Support Docs)		 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) Pressing drag arrows does not work when NVDA is enabled.

Keyboard Navigation

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

Key Action
↑ → ↓ ← Drags the popup when it is focused and dragEnabled is true.
Esc Closes the popup.

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

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

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

import DxPopup from 'devextreme-vue/popup';

const myPopupRef = 'my-popup';

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

import { Popup } from 'devextreme-react/popup';

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

        this.popupRef = React.createRef();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Popup ref={this.popupRef} />
        );
    }

    get popup() {
        return this.popupRef.current.instance();
    }

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

export default App;

Screen Reader Support

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

The default Popup ARIA role is the non-modal dialog. If you use Popup as a modal, enable the aria-modal attribute as follows:

jQuery
index.js
const popup = $('#popup').dxPopup({
    // ...
    onShowing: function (e) {
        var $overlayContent = $(e.component.content()).parent()
        $overlayContent.attr("aria-modal", "true");
    },
}).dxPopup('instance');
Angular
app.component.html
app.component.ts
<dx-popup ...
    (onShowing)="onShowingHandler($event)"
>
</dx-popup>
import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    onShowingHandler(e) {
        const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
        overlayContent.setAttribute("aria-modal", "true");
    }
}
Vue
App.vue
<template>
<DxPopup ...
    @showing="onShowingHandler"
/>
</template>

<script>
import { DxPopup } from 'devextreme-vue/popup';

export default {
    components: {
        DxPopup
    },
    methods: {
        onShowingHandler(e) {
            const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
            overlayContent.setAttribute("aria-modal", "true");
        },
    },
};
</script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react';
import Popup from 'devextreme-react/popup';

const onShowingHandler = (e) => {
    const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
    overlayContent.setAttribute('aria-modal', 'true');
};

const App = () => {
    return (
        <Popup ...
            onShowing={onShowingHandler}
        />
    );
};

export default App;

You can also use this method to specify aria-label for the component:

jQuery
index.js
const popup = $('#popup').dxPopup({
    // ...
    onShowing: function (e) {
        var $overlayContent = $(e.component.content()).parent()
        $overlayContent.attr("aria-label", "Dialog window");
    },
}).dxPopup('instance');
Angular
app.component.html
app.component.ts
<dx-popup ...
    (onShowing)="onShowingHandler($event)"
>
</dx-popup>
import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    onShowingHandler(e) {
        const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
        overlayContent.setAttribute("aria-label", "Dialog window");
    }
}
Vue
App.vue
<template>
<DxPopup ...
    @showing="onShowingHandler"
/>
</template>

<script>
import { DxPopup } from 'devextreme-vue/popup';

export default {
    components: {
        DxPopup
    },
    methods: {
        onShowingHandler(e) {
            const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
            overlayContent.setAttribute("aria-label", "Dialog window");
        },
    },
};
</script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react';
import Popup from 'devextreme-react/popup';

const onShowingHandler = (e) => {
    const overlayContent = e.component.content().parentElement;
    overlayContent.setAttribute("aria-label", "Dialog window");
};

const App = () => {
    return (
        <Popup ...
            onShowing={onShowingHandler}
        />
    );
};

export default App;