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Breadcrumb Accessibility

The Breadcrumb is accessible by screen readers and provides WAI-ARIA, Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and keyboard support. For more information, refer to:

Out of the box, the Kendo UI for jQuery Breadcrumb provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.

The Breadcrumb is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA 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 Breadcrumb component renders the semantic nav html element that automatically associated navigation role.

SelectorAttributeUsage
.k-breadcrumbaria-label=BreadcrumbIndicates the type of navigation provided by the nav element.
.k-breadcrumb-item .k-breadcrumb-link,.k-breadcrumb-item .k-breadcrumb-root-linkrole=link or nodeName=aThe breadcrumb item should render either an <a> element, or should have role="link" assigned.
.k-breadcrumb-last-item .k-breadcrumb-link,.k-breadcrumb-last-item .k-breadcrumb-root-linkaria-current=pageThe last breadcrumb item that points to the active page should have aria-current="page".
.k-breadcrumb-last-item .k-breadcrumb-linkaria-disabled=trueIndicates that the last breadcrumb item is disabled.
.k-breadcrumb-delimiter-iconaria-hidden=trueThe breadcrumb delimiter icon should not be accessed through assistive technology.

Resources

ARIA practices: BreadCrumb Example

Section 508

The Breadcrumb is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

The Breadcrumb has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.

To report any accessibility issues, contact the team through the Telerik Support System.

Screen Readers

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

EnvironmentTool
FirefoxNVDA
ChromeJAWS
Microsoft EdgeJAWS

Automated Testing

The Breadcrumb has been tested with axe-core.

Test Example

A live test example of the Breadcrumb component could be found here: https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/accessibility/breadcrumb

See Also