Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the Form 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 Form 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) |
Form does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
11.5.2.15 Change notification | 4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | Validator with an AsyncRule and ValidationSummary. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the Form component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
Shift + Tab | Sets focus to the previous item. |
Tab | Sets focus to the next item. |
Interacting with Form items depends on the type of the item.
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
JavaScript
- function registerKeyHandlers () {
- const form = $("#formContainer").dxForm("instance");
- form.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- form.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
- // ...
- });
- }
Screen Reader Support
The Form component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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