Accessibility in Angular Chips component

15 Sep 20222 minutes to read

Keyboard interaction

The following shortcut keys are used to access the Chip control without any interruption.

Keyboard shortcuts	Actions
Enter	Selects the targeted chip from the ChipList/ChipCollection.
Delete	Deletes the targeted chip from the ChipList/ChipCollection.

app.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  // specifies the template string for the Chip component
  template: `
  <ejs-chiplist id="chip" [enableDelete]="true" selection="Single">
        <e-chips>
            <e-chip text="Andrew" avatarIconCss='andrew'></e-chip>
            <e-chip text="Janet" avatarIconCss='janet'></e-chip>
            <e-chip text="Laura" avatarIconCss='laura'></e-chip>
            <e-chip text="Margaret" avatarIconCss='margaret'></e-chip>
        </e-chips>
  </ejs-chiplist>`
})
export class AppComponent {

}

app.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { ChipListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

enableRipple(true);

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        ChipListModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

main.ts

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);