What is dom-accessibility-api?
The dom-accessibility-api package is a library that provides utility functions for querying and manipulating the accessibility tree of DOM elements. It allows developers to retrieve accessible names and descriptions, roles, and other properties related to accessibility, which are crucial for building web applications that are compliant with accessibility standards.
What are dom-accessibility-api's main functionalities?
Getting the accessible name
This feature allows you to retrieve the accessible name of a DOM element, which is the name that screen readers will announce to users.
import { getAccessibleName } from 'dom-accessibility-api';
const element = document.getElementById('myElement');
const accessibleName = getAccessibleName(element);
Getting the accessible description
This feature allows you to retrieve the accessible description of a DOM element, providing additional context to assistive technologies.
import { getAccessibleDescription } from 'dom-accessibility-api';
const element = document.getElementById('myElement');
const accessibleDescription = getAccessibleDescription(element);
Getting the role
This feature allows you to get the computed role of a DOM element, which is used by assistive technologies to understand the purpose of the element.
import { getRole } from 'dom-accessibility-api';
const element = document.getElementById('myElement');
const role = getRole(element);
Other packages similar to dom-accessibility-api
aria-query
aria-query is a package that provides maps of ARIA roles, states, and properties to use with DOM elements. It is similar to dom-accessibility-api in that it helps with accessibility concerns but does not provide functions to directly retrieve accessible names or descriptions.
ally.js
ally.js is a JavaScript library to help modern web applications with accessibility concerns. It provides a higher-level API compared to dom-accessibility-api and includes features for focus handling, keyboard interaction, and more.
dom-accessibility-api
Computes the accessible name or description of a given DOM Element.
https://w3c.github.io/accname/ implemented in JavaScript for testing.
$ yarn add dom-accessibility-api
import {
computeAccessibleName,
computeAccessibleDescription,
} from "dom-accessibility-api";
I'm not an editor of any of the referenced specs (nor very experience with using them) so if you got any insights, something catches
your eye please open an issue.
Supported environments
WARNING: Only active node versions are supported.
Inactive node versions can stop working in a SemVer MINOR release.
ie 11
edge >= 14
firefox >= 52
chrome >= 49
safari >= 10
node 10.0
progress
Using https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt. Be sure to init submodules when
cloning. See the test readme for more info about the test setup.
browser (Chrome)
153/159
jsdom
report 138/159 passing of which 15 are due `::before { content }`, one might be a wrong test, 5 are pathological
web-platform-tests
accname
✓ [expected fail] description_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] description_from_content_of_describedby_element-manual.html
✓ description_link-with-label-manual.html
✓ description_test_case_557-manual.html
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✓ description_title-same-element-manual.html
✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-listbox-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-select-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-textbox-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-alternative-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-manual.html
✓ name_checkbox-title-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-embedded-select-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-elements-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-styles-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-inline-hidden-elements-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-manual.html
✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-owned-listbox-manual.html
✓ name_file-title-manual.html
✓ name_from_content-manual.html
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✓ name_heading-combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
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✓ name_link-with-label-manual.html
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✓ name_password-label-embedded-select-manual.html
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✓ name_password-title-manual.html
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✓ name_radio-label-embedded-select-manual.html
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✓ name_radio-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
✓ name_radio-title-manual.html
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✓ name_test_case_620-manual.html
✓ name_test_case_621-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_659-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_660-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_661-manual.html
✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_662-manual.html
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✓ name_text-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
✓ name_text-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
✓ name_text-label-embedded-select-manual.html
✓ name_text-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
✓ name_text-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
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missing
- visibility context (inherited but can reappear; currently reappearing wont't work)