Accessibility in React Sparkline component
18 Jan 20231 minute to read
Accessibility is achieved in the sparkline chart control through WAI-ARIA standard. The sparkline chart features can be effectively accessed through assistive technologies such as screen readers.
WAI-ARIA
WAI-ARIA (Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications) defines a way to increase the accessibility of web pages, dynamic content, and user interface components developed with AJAX, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. ARIA provides additional semantics to describe the role, state, and functionality of web components.
The following ARIA attributes are used in the sparkline chart:
| Element | Default description | Maker | Reads the Location x : Location y value | </tr>
| Series Points | Reads the Point x : Point y value |