Popover Accessibility
The Popover 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 Popover provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.
The Popover 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-popover |
role=tooltip/dialog |
Announces the tooltip (no focusable content) or dialog (contains focusable elements) role of the component. |
id |
The element needs an id to be associated with the aria-describedby attribute of the trigger element. | |
aria-describedby=.k-popover id |
Links the popover trigger/anchor element with its corresponding popover container. | |
.k-popover |
aria-labelledby=.k-popover-header id |
Links the popover container with the popover header element when there is focusable content. |
aria-describedby=.k-popover-body id |
Links the popover container with the popover body element when there is focusable content. | |
.k-popover-header |
id |
Links the popover container with the popover header element when there is focusable content. |
.k-popover-body |
id |
Links the popover container with the popover body element when there is focusable content. |
Resources
WAI-ARIA specification for tooltip
MDN description for tooltip role
MDN description for dialog role
Section 508
The Popover is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.
Testing
The Popover 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 Popover has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
Automated Testing
The Popover has been tested with axe-core.
Test Example
A live test example of the Popover component could be found here: https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/accessibility/popover