Accessibility Support
Out of the box, the Telerik and Kendo UI Avatar provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.
The Avatar is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 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.
| Selector | Attribute | Usage |
|---|---|---|
.k-avatar img | alt | Assures the presence of an alt attribute in a nested img tag inside the Avatar. |
Keyboard Shortcuts
The Avatar does not provide keyboard support as keyboard combinations are not applicable to the component.
Testing
The Avatar has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.
Screen Readers
The Avatar has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
