Accessibility Support
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.
The Stepper 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.
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. |
tabindex=0 | Removes the element from the page Tab sequence. Set when a tab is not selected so that only the selected tab is in the page Tab sequence. | |
.k-step:not(.k-step-current) .k-step-link | tabindex=-1 | Removes the element from the page Tab sequence. Set when a tab is not selected so that only the selected tab is in the page Tab sequence. |
No aria attributes should be applied to the Stepper as the ProgressBar serves a purely aesthetic purpose.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Behavior |
|---|---|
Shift + Tab | Focuses previous link. |
Tab | Focuses next link. |
Home | Focuses first link. |
End | Focuses last link. |
Space / Enter | Activates the currently focused link. |
Select on focus
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.
Testing
The Stepper has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.
Screen Readers
The Stepper has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
