Accessibility Support
Out of the box, the Telerik and Kendo UI Tooltip provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.
The Tooltip 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-tooltip | role=tooltip | Specifies the tooltip role of the tooltip container. |
id | The element needs an id to be associated with the aria-describedby attribute of the trigger element. | |
aria-describedby=.k-tooltip id | Link the tooltip trigger/anchor element with its corresponding tooltip container. |
Managing the Focus
The Tooltip is not focusable and does not contain focusable elements.
Keyboard Shortcuts
When the element which triggered the tooltip is focused, Escape dismisses the tooltip.
| Shortcut | Behavior |
|---|---|
Escape | Dismisses the Tooltip. |
Testing
The Tooltip has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.
Screen Readers
The Tooltip has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:
| Environment | Tool |
|---|---|
| Firefox | NVDA |
| Chrome | JAWS |
| Microsoft Edge | JAWS |
