Select
No accessibility annotations are needed for selects, but keep these considerations in mind if you are modifying Carbon or creating a custom component.
Accessibility testing statusFor every latest release, Carbon runs tests on all components to meet the accessibility requirements. These different statuses report the work that Carbon has done in the back end. These tests appear only when the components are stable.
For every latest release, Carbon runs tests on all components to meet the accessibility requirements. These different statuses report the work that Carbon has done in the back end. These tests appear only when the components are stable.
Latest version: ^1.48.1 | Framework React (@carbon/react)
| Component | Accessibility test | Status | Link to source code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select | Test(s) that ensure the initial render state of a component is accessible. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | Github link |
| Tests that ensure additional states of the component are accessible. This could be interactive states of a component or its multiple variants. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | ||
| Tests that ensure focus is properly managed, and all interactive functions of a component have a proper keyboard-accessible equivalent. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | ||
| This manual testing ensures that the visual information on the screen is properly conveyed and read correctly by screen readers such as JAWS, VoiceOver, and NVDA. | A human has manually tested this component, e.g. screen reader testing. | ||
| Fluid select | Test(s) that ensure the initial render state of a component is accessible. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | Github link |
| Tests that ensure additional states of the component are accessible. This could be interactive states of a component or its multiple variants. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | ||
| Tests that ensure focus is properly managed, and all interactive functions of a component have a proper keyboard-accessible equivalent. | Passes all automated tests with no reported accessibility violations. | ||
| This manual testing ensures that the visual information on the screen is properly conveyed and read correctly by screen readers such as JAWS, VoiceOver, and NVDA. | Automated or manual testing has been temporarily deferred. |
What Carbon provides
Carbon bakes keyboard operation into its components, improving the experience of blind users and others who operate via keyboard. Carbon also incorporates other accessibility considerations, some of which are described below.
Keyboard interaction
A select component is reached by Tab and opened with Space, or the Up or
Down arrow keys. The currently selected option will have focus. The arrow keys
are also used for navigating between options. Users can jump about in the list
by pressing individual letter keys, which will reposition to the first option
beginning with that letter. Options are selected with Space or Enter keys,
which also close the select. Pressing Esc closes a select without changing the
selected option.
Selects are reached by Tab. Space and arrow keys open the list of options.
The arrow keys navigate the open list of options, with the Space or Enter keys selecting the option with focus and closing the list. Esc closes the list without changing the option.
Development considerations
Keep these considerations in mind if you are modifying Carbon or creating a custom component.
- Carbon uses the combined attributes
disabled,hidden, andselectedin order to make a default prompt such as “Choose an option” not appear in the list of options when the select is open. - The component is built on the HTML
selectelement and has limited styling, with most of the visual appearance coming from the browser.