Stepper Accessibility

The Stepper 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 Stepper provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.

The Stepper is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards 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 Stepper component is a landmark <nav> element or an element with role="navigation"(https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#navigation). It contains an ordered list of navigation items. Each navigation item contains a link.

Selector Attribute Usage
.k-stepper role=navigation or nodeName=nav The landmark role navigation must be assigned to the component.
.k-step-disabled>.k-step-link aria-disabled=true A disabled (inactive) link.
.k-step-current>.k-step-link aria-current=step The currently selected link.
.k-step.k-focus .k-step-link tabindex=0 Adds an element to the page's tab order. Set based on the roving tabindex navigation when the tab is focused.
.k-step:not(.k-focus) .k-step-link tabindex=-1 Removes the element from the page's tab order. Set based on the roving tabindex navigation when a tab is not focused.

No aria attributes should be applied to the Stepper as the ProgressBar serves a purely aesthetic purpose.

Resources

WAI-ARIA specification for navigation

Section 508

The Stepper is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

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

Environment Tool
Firefox NVDA
Chrome JAWS
Microsoft Edge JAWS

Automated Testing

The Stepper has been tested with axe-core.

Test Example

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

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