Accessibility Features Overview
NOTE
The overall accessibility level of your application depends on the HTML Editor features you use.
| Accessibility Requirement | Support Level |
|---|---|
| Right-to-Left Support | |
| Keyboard Navigation Support | |
| Screen Reader Support | |
| Contrast Color Theme | |
| Mobile Device Support | |
| Lighthouse Accessibility Validation | |
| Axe Accessibility Validation | |
| WAVE Accessibility Validation | |
| Section 508 Support | |
| WCAG 2.x Support |
- - All component features meet the requirement
- - Some component features may not meet the requirement
- - Accessibility requirement is not supported
Accessibility Standards Compliance
The HTML Editor component meets a variety of Section 508 and WCAG 2.x compliance standards. Known exceptions:
| Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description |
|---|---|---|
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) | 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) | HTML Editor does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) | 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A) 11.5.2.12 Execution of available actions | Users cannot resize images, Popup, and Resizable controls within HTML Editor. |
| 501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) | 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A) | The keyboard shortcut to focus out of the component does not exist. |
| - | 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value | NVDA does not pronounce the state of the button in the toolbar (active or not). |
| 504.2.2 PDF Export | - | If you export content from an HTML Editor to PDF, the following issues occur in the resulting document:
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The component also complies with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) directives.
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the HTML Editor component:
| PC | Mac | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | ⌘ + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + B | ⌘ + B | Bold |
| Ctrl + I | ⌘ + I | Italic |
| Enter | Insert a line break (a new paragraph) | |
| Shift + Enter | Insert a line break (in the same paragraph) | |
| Tab | Nest current list item (when in a list) | |
| Increase indentation (when at the start of a paragraph) | ||
| Move the cursor to the next table cell | ||
| Shift + Tab | Move the cursor to the previous table cell | |
| Decrease indentation (when at the start of a paragraph) | ||
| ↑ → ↓ ← | Navigate through the table | |
| Enter | Move the cursor outside the table (when in the last row) | |
| Esc | Close active dialog | |
| Enter | Apply active dialog data | |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () { const htmlEditor = $("#htmlEditorContainer").dxHtmlEditor("instance"); htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) { // ... }); }Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core'; import { DxHtmlEditorModule, DxHtmlEditorComponent } from 'devextreme-angular'; // ... export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit { @ViewChild(DxHtmlEditorComponent, { static: false }) htmlEditor: DxHtmlEditorComponent; // Prior to Angular 8 // @ViewChild(DxHtmlEditorComponent) htmlEditor: DxHtmlEditorComponent; ngAfterViewInit () { this.htmlEditor.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.htmlEditor.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxHtmlEditorModule ], // ... })Vue
<template> <DxHtmlEditor :ref="myHtmlEditorRef" /> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxHtmlEditor from 'devextreme-vue/html-editor'; const myHtmlEditorRef = 'my-html-editor'; export default { components: { DxHtmlEditor }, data() { return { myHtmlEditorRef } }, computed: { htmlEditor: function() { return this.$refs[myHtmlEditorRef].instance; } }, mounted: function() { this.htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } </script>React
App.js
import React from 'react'; import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import { HtmlEditor } from 'devextreme-react/html-editor'; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.htmlEditorRef = React.createRef(); } render() { return ( <HtmlEditor ref={this.htmlEditorRef} /> ); } get htmlEditor() { return this.htmlEditorRef.current.instance(); } componentDidMount() { this.htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.htmlEditor.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } export default App;Screen Reader Support
The HTML Editor component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
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