@progress/wct-a11y-spec/dist/mvccore/aria/drawer_aria.md

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

Out of the box, the {{ site.product }} 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](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) standards and [Section 508](https://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 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](http://www.section508.gov/).

## Testing


The Drawer has been extensively tested automatically with [axe-core](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core) and manually with the most popular screen readers.

> To report any accessibility issues, contact the team through the [Telerik Support System](https://www.telerik.com/account/support-center).

### Screen Readers


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

| Environment | Tool |
| ----------- | ---- |
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |