Accessibility in Vue Drop down tree component
16 Mar 20243 minutes to read
The Dropdown Tree component has been designed keeping in mind the WAI-ARIA
specifications, and applies WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties along with keyboard support
. This component is characterized by complete keyboard interaction support and ARIA accessibility support that makes it easy for users who use assistive technologies (AT) and those who completely rely on keyboard navigation.
ARIA attributes
The Dropdown Tree component uses the listbox
role. Each tree parent item in the popup has group
role and each item in the popup has treeitem
role. The following ARIA attributes are used in the Dropdown Tree component:
Properties | Functionalities |
---|---|
aria-haspopup | Indicates whether the Dropdown Tree input element has a popup list or not. |
aria-expanded | Indicates whether the popup list is expanded or not. |
aria-selected | Indicates the selected option. |
aria-readonly | Indicates the read only state of the Dropdown Tree element. |
aria-disabled | Indicates whether the Dropdown Tree component is in the disabled state or not. |
aria-activedescendent | This attribute holds the ID of the active list item to focus its descendant child element. |
aria-owns | This attribute contains the ID of the popup list to indicate popup as a child element. |
Keyboard interaction
The Dropdown Tree functionalities can be interactive when keyboard shortcuts are used.
Dropdown Tree supports the following keyboard shortcuts.
Interaction Keys | Description |
---|---|
Alt + Down | Opens the popup. |
Alt + Up | Closes the popup. |
Esc(Escape) | Closes the popup when it is in an open state. |
Arrow Up | Goes to the previous item in the popup. |
Arrow Down | Goes to the next item in the popup. |
Arrow Right | Expands the current item. |
Arrow Left | Collapses the current item in the popup. |
Home | Goes to the first item in the popup. |
End | Goes to the last item in the popup. |
Enter | Selects the focused item in the popup. |
Space | Checks the current item in the popup. |