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Stepper Accessibility

Out of the box, the Kendo UI for Vue 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 AA standards](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) 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.

SelectorAttributeUsage
.k-stepperrole=navigation or nodeName=navThe landmark role navigation must be assigned to the component.
.k-step-disabled>.k-step-linkaria-disabled=trueA disabled (inactive) link.
.k-step-current>.k-step-linkaria-current=stepThe currently selected link.
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.

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

Resources

WAI-ARIA specification for navigation

Section 508

The Stepper is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

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

EnvironmentTool
FirefoxNVDA
ChromeJAWS
Microsoft EdgeJAWS

See Also