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Wizard Accessibility

The Wizard is accessible by screen readers and provides WAI-ARIA, Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and keyboard support.

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

The Wizard 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 Wizard component represents a tablist containing tabs with related tabpanels.

SelectorAttributeUsage
.k-step-listrole=tablistIndicates the role of the tablist container element.
.k-steprole=noneThe implicit semantics of the li element must be removed.
.k-step-linkrole=tabSpecifies the role for the step links.
aria-controls=.k-wizard-step idRefers to the tabpanel element associated with the tab.
.k-step-disabled>.k-step-linkaria-disabled=trueA disabled (inactive) tab.
.k-step-current .k-step-linkaria-selectedIndicates whether the tab control is activated and its associated panel is displayed, or not.
aria-current=trueIndicates whether the tab control is activated and its associated panel is displayed, or not.
tabindex=0Removes 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-linktabindex=-1Removes 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-wizard-steprole=tabpanelSpecifies the role of the element.
aria-labelSpecifies a label tor the panel. As the Wizard represents a step-by-step process, that is usually the pager text (e.g. "Step 2 of 4")
tabindex=0Keeps the tabpanel in the page tab sequence.

No aria attributes should be applied to the ProgressBar element as it serves a purely aesthetic purpose.

Resources

WAI-ARIA specification for tablist

Section 508

The Wizard is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

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

EnvironmentTool
FirefoxNVDA
ChromeJAWS
Microsoft EdgeJAWS

Automated Testing

The Wizard has been tested with axe-core.

Test Example

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

See Also