Accessiblity WCAG 2.2

[harryhaigh]

I am just trying out PrimeReact and noticed a lot of the component do not meet the WCAG 2.1 standards.
An example is the Tabs where it is not keyboard accessible and it is not a 1 tab stop.

Are there any plans to make this WCAG 2.1 compliant?

[MarcusMorba]

@melloware & @mertsincan - any updates to the WCAG 2.1 issues? When can we expect them to be solved?

[melloware]

@MarcusMorba I don't work for PrimeTek but the update I got was PrimeTek was working on "PrimeAG -> Prime Accessibility Guide. It is a spec that will be implemented by all Prime libraries."

After the guide is created then I assume work in PrimeReact will begin to implement that spec! At least hopefully!

[MarcusMorba]

@melloware / Found an update here: https://www.primefaces.org/primereact/accessibility/

Accessibility is a majorn concern of the Prime UI libraries and PrimeReact is no exception. PrimeTek teams have initiated a significant process to review and enhance the accessibility features of the components. This guide documents the foundation of the general guidelines that PrimeReact will follow and each component documentation will have a separate Accessibility section that states the keyboard support, screen reader compatibility, the implementation details along with tips to achieve WCAG compliancy.

This work has been initiated in Q2 2022 and planned to be completed by early Q3. PrimeReact will be the reference implementation which then will be ported to PrimeFaces, PrimeNG and PrimeVue.

[melloware]

Looks like they are working on it for PrimeReact first. If you look through the commits you can see they are going component by component addressing a11y standards.

[cagataycivici]

Spec is completed, implementation starts tomorrow. Plan is end of June for completion for PrimeReact. Then PrimeReact v9 will be out.

https://twitter.com/cagataycivici/status/1531552389915877376

[Luisa-Cavalheiro]

I understand implementing a11y is kind of ant's work. However, I'd love to follow the improvements in this subject, and eventhough I'm a begginer in software development, I'd love to take part in this project somehow.

Thanks

[melloware]

@Luisa-Cavalheiro its an open an welcoming community here! I do recommend checking out the PrimeVue showcase https://primevue.org/installation If those components have the right ARIA/A11Y stuff then you know that is coming to PrimeReact in 10.0!

[MarcusMorba]

Thanks for the update. Guess it´s time to close this, even if it´s still work in progress - not all components have an a11y section yet. Documentation: https://primereact.org/accessibility/ and on every component page in the "accessibility"-section (if available).