Drawer Accessibility
The Drawer 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 Drawer provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.
The Drawer 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 Drawer component allows rendering a whole template inside of it. Thus, the accessibility roles are applied only when the built-in data-binding is used.
| Selector | Attribute | Usage |
|---|---|---|
.k-drawer ul |
role=menubar |
Indicates that the list of drawer items is a menubar. |
aria-orientation=vertical |
Indicates that the orientation of the drawer is vertical. | |
.k-drawer-item:not(.k-drawer-separator) |
role=menuitem |
Indicates that the item of a drawer serves as a menuitem. |
aria-label |
The drawer item requires an aria-label attribute when in mini mode and no content is rendered in the item. The aria-label points to the text field value of the item. |
|
.k-drawer-item.k-drawer-separator |
role=separator |
Indicates that the item of a drawer serves as a separator. |
Section 508
The Drawer is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.
Testing
The Drawer 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 Drawer has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
Automated Testing
The Drawer has been tested with axe-core.
Test Example
A live test example of the Drawer component could be found here: https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/accessibility/drawer