Button Accessibility

The Button is accessible by screen readers and provides WAI-ARIA, Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and keyboard support.

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Out of the box, the Kendo UI for jQuery Button provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.

The Button is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) and Section 508 requirements, follows the Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) best practices for implementing the keyboard navigation for its component role, provides options for managing its focus and is tested against the most popular screen readers.

WAI-ARIA

This section lists the selectors, attributes, and behavior patterns supported by the component and its composite elements, if any.

Selector Attribute Usage
.k-button role=button or nodeName=button If the used element is not <button>, explicitly set its role to button.
aria-label If no text has been provided to an Icon Button, announces the purpose of the Button.

Resources

WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices: Button Pattern

Section 508

The Button is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

The Button has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.

To report any accessibility issues, contact the team through the Telerik Support System.

Screen Readers

The Button has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:

Environment Tool
Firefox NVDA
Chrome JAWS
Microsoft Edge JAWS

Automated Testing

The Button has been tested with axe-core.

Test Example

A live test example of the Button component could be found here: https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/accessibility/button

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