@progress/wct-a11y-spec/dist/design-system/Stepper.json

Contains accessibility and keyboard navigation specification of Telerik and Kendo web components.

[
    {
        "h2": "Accessibility Support"
    },
    {
        "p": "Out of the box, the Telerik and Kendo UI Stepper provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features."
    },
    {
        "p": "The Stepper is compliant with the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 standards](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) and [Section 508](http://www.section508.gov/) requirements, follows the [Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/) best practices for implementing the [keyboard navigation](#keyboard-navigation) for its `component` role, provides options for [managing its focus](#managing-the-focus) and is tested against the most popular [screen readers](#screen-readers)."
    },
    {
        "h3": "WAI-ARIA"
    },
    {
        "p": "This section lists the selectors, attributes, and behavior patterns supported by the component and its composite elements, if any."
    },
    {
        "p": "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."
    },
    {
        "table": {
            "headers": [
                "Selector",
                "Attribute",
                "Usage"
            ],
            "rows": [
                {
                    "Selector": "`.k-stepper`",
                    "Attribute": "`role=navigation` or `nodeName=nav`",
                    "Usage": "The landmark role `navigation` must be assigned to the component."
                },
                {
                    "Selector": "`.k-step-disabled>.k-step-link`",
                    "Attribute": "`aria-disabled=true`",
                    "Usage": "A disabled (inactive) link."
                },
                {
                    "Selector": "`.k-step-current>.k-step-link`",
                    "Attribute": "`aria-current=step`",
                    "Usage": "The currently selected link."
                },
                {
                    "Selector": "`.k-step.k-focus .k-step-link`",
                    "Attribute": "`tabindex=0`",
                    "Usage": "Adds an element to the page's tab order. Set based on the roving tabindex navigation when the tab is focused."
                },
                {
                    "Selector": "`.k-step:not(.k-focus) .k-step-link`",
                    "Attribute": "`tabindex=-1`",
                    "Usage": "Removes the element from the page's tab order. Set based on the roving tabindex navigation when a tab is not focused."
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "p": "No aria attributes should be applied to the Stepper as the ProgressBar serves a purely aesthetic purpose."
    },
    {
        "h3": "Keyboard Shortcuts"
    },
    {
        "table": {
            "headers": [
                "Shortcut",
                "Behavior"
            ],
            "rows": [
                {
                    "Shortcut": "`Shift + Tab`",
                    "Behavior": "Focuses previous link."
                },
                {
                    "Shortcut": "`Tab`",
                    "Behavior": "Focuses next link."
                },
                {
                    "Shortcut": "`Home`",
                    "Behavior": "Focuses first link."
                },
                {
                    "Shortcut": "`End`",
                    "Behavior": "Focuses last link."
                },
                {
                    "Shortcut": "`Space / Enter`",
                    "Behavior": "Activates the currently focused link."
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "h4": "Select on focus"
    },
    {
        "p": "In addition to the above, the component could also implement the `selection follows focus` pattern. In that case, the active link in the Stepper will move together with the focus. Moving the focus to another link will automatically activate the newly focused link."
    },
    {
        "h3": "Testing"
    },
    {
        "p": "The Stepper has been extensively tested automatically with [axe-core](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core) and manually with the most popular screen readers."
    },
    {
        "h3": "Screen Readers"
    },
    {
        "p": "The Stepper has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:"
    },
    {
        "table": {
            "headers": [
                "Environment",
                "Tool"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "Firefox",
                    "NVDA"
                ],
                [
                    "Chrome",
                    "JAWS"
                ],
                [
                    "Microsoft Edge",
                    "JAWS"
                ]
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "h3": "Resources"
    },
    {
        "ul": [
            {
                "link": {
                    "source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#navigation",
                    "title": "WAI-ARIA specification for navigation"
                }
            },
            {
                "link": {
                    "source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/landmarks/examples/navigation.html",
                    "title": "ARIA Authoring Practices: Navigation Landmark"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
]