FileManager Accessibility
The FileManager 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 FileManager provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.
The FileManager 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.
The FileManager component is a composite component that is used to represent file system-like structure. It contains:
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ToolBar- on top of the component -
Splitter- it separates the panes in the component -
TreeView- in its left pane. -
Breadcrumb- in the top of its center pane -
ListViewor aGrid- in its center pane. -
k-filemanager-previewelement - in its right pane
Each component implements its own dedicated ARIA spec.
The FileManager component integrates the ToolBar component and follows its WAI-ARIA spec:
ToolBar accessibility specification
The component that organizes the inner structure of the FileManager is a Splitter:
Splitter accessibility specification
The main navigation component in the FileManager is the TreeView:
TreeView accessibility specification
The helper navigation component in the FileManager is the Breadcrumb:
Breadcrumb accessibility specification
The component placed in the main pain of the FileManager can be a selectable ListView:
ListView accessibility specification
or it can be a Grid:
Grid accessibility specification
Apart from that the .k-filemanager-preview element must be focusable, so that its content would be comunicated to the users:
| Selector | Attribute | Usage |
|---|---|---|
.k-filemanager-preview |
tabindex=0 |
The element must be focusable, so that its content would be comunicated to the users. |
Section 508
The FileManager is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.
Testing
The FileManager 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 FileManager has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
Automated Testing
The FileManager has been tested with axe-core.
Test Example
A live test example of the FileManager component could be found here: https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/accessibility/filemanager