Accessibility
The ButtonGroup is accessible by screen readers and provides full WAI-ARIA support.
WAI-ARIA Support
The ButtonGroup container has a role="group" attribute that semantically defines the group of buttons. The togglable buttons use the aria-checked attribute and have the role=checkbox role.
Section 508
The ButtonGroup is compliant with the Section 508 requirements.
Limitations
The following issues are related to the WAI-ARIA support limitations of browsers and screen readers:
- Internet Explorer 10 and 11 work best with the Jaws screen reader. Other readers are partly supported. For more information, refer to issue 817699.
- Microsoft Edge works best with the Microsoft Narrator screen reader. For more information, refer to issue 8571350.