Accessibility in JavaScript (ES5) Radio Button control

06 Jun 2023 / 2 minutes to read

The web accessibility makes web content and web applications more accessible for people with disabilities. It especially helps in dynamic content change and development of advanced user interface controls with AJAX, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. RadioButton provides built-in compliance with WAI-ARIA specifications. WAI-ARIA support is achieved through the attributes like aria-checked and aria-disabled. It helps the people with disabilities by providing information about the widget for assistive technology in the screen readers. RadioButton component contains the radiobutton role.

Properties	Functionality
role	Indicates the type of input element.
aria-checked	Indicates whether the input is checked, unchecked, or represents mixture of checked and unchecked values.
aria-disabled	Indicates that the element is perceivable but disabled, so it is not editable or otherwise operable.

Keyboard interaction

Keyboard shortcuts	Actions
`Up/Left arrow`	Move and select the previous options.
`Down/Right arrow`	Move and select the next options.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

styles.css

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

//checked state.
var radiobutton = new ej.buttons.RadioButton({ label: 'Option 1', name: 'state', checked: true });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton1');

//unchecked state.
radiobutton = new ej.buttons.RadioButton({ label: 'Option 2', name: 'state' });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton2');

//unchecked state.
var radiobutton = new ej.buttons.RadioButton({ label: 'Option 3', name: 'state' });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton3');

//unchecked state.
radiobutton = new ej.buttons.RadioButton({ label: 'Option 4', name: 'state' });
radiobutton.appendTo('#radiobutton4');

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
            
    <title>EJ2 RadioButton</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <ul>
            <li><input type="radio" id="radiobutton1"></li>
            <li><input type="radio" id="radiobutton2"></li>
            <li><input type="radio" id="radiobutton3"> 
                <input type="radio" id="radiobutton4">
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  width: 30%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  left: 45%;
}

.e-radio-wrapper {
  margin-top: 18px;
}

li {
  list-style: none;
}

.e-radio-wrapper{
  margin-right: 2rem;
}