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Blazor Slider Accessibility

The Telerik UI for Blazor Slider component is WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 compliant. The component also follows the WAI-ARIA best practices for implementing the keyboard navigation for its component role, and is tested against the popular screen readers.

Wai-Aria

Slider Drag Handle

Selector Attribute Usage
.k-draghandle role=slider Sets the proper role for Slider.
aria-label or aria-labelledby or title The Slider needs an accessible name to be assigned to it.
aria-valuetext Specifies the text that would be announced based on the currently selected value in the Slider.
aria-readonly=true Attribute is rendered only when the Slider is readonly.
aria-invalid=true Attribute is rendered only when the Slider is in form and announces the valid state of the component.
tabindex=0 The element must be focusable.
.k-draghandle:not(.k-hsv-draghandle) aria-valuenow Specifies the currently selected value in the Slider.
aria-valuemin Specifies the minimum available value in the Slider.
aria-valuemax Specifies the maximum available value in the Slider.
.k-slider-vertical .k-draghandle aria-orientation=vertical Present only when slider is vertical.
.k-disabled .k-draghandle aria-disabled=true Attribute is rendered only when the Slider is disabled.

Note that using an <a> element for role="slider" is not allowed.

Slider Buttons

When present, the Slider Buttons must implement the specification for the Button component.

Button accessibility specification

Resources

WAI-ARIA specification for slider

Section 508

The Slider is compliant with the Section 508 requirements

Testing

The component has been extensively tested automatically with static code analyzers and manually with the most popular screen readers.

Any Accessibility Issues could be reported in Telerik Support System.

Screen Readers

Environment Tool
Firefox NVDA
Chrome JAWS
Microsoft Edge JAWS

See Also

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