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

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

Out of the box, the {{ site.product }} ListView provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.


The ListView is compliant with the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AAA](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.

| Selector | Attribute | Usage |
| -------- | --------- | ----- |
| `.k-listview:not(.k-selectable) .k-listview-content` | `role=list` | Specifies the role of non selectable ListView content element. |
| `.k-listview.k-selectable .k-listview-content` | `role=listbox` | Specifies the role of selectable ListView content element. |
| `.k-listview:not(.k-selectable) .k-listview-item` | `role=listitem` | Specifies the role of each item in a non selectable ListView. |
| `.k-listview.k-selectable .k-listview-item` | `role=option` | Specifies the role of each item in a selectable ListView. |
| `.k-listview-item` | `aria-setsize` | Specifies the total number of items present in the ListView. |
|  | `aria-posinset` | Specifies the position of the current item in the entire list of items present in the ListView. Value must be greated than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to the total number of items in the ListView. |
| `.k-listview-item:nth-child(1)` | `tabindex=0` | The first item in the ListView must be focusable by default. |

## Resources

[WAI-ARIA Specification: List](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#list)

[WAI-ARIA Specification: Listitem](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#listitem)

## Section 508


The ListView is fully compliant with the [Section 508 requirements](http://www.section508.gov/).

## Testing


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

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