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ember-accessibility
An EmberJS addon to help identify accessibility violations.
This addon uses the axe-core library to audit your apps.
Compatibility
- Ember.js v3.24 or above
- Ember CLI v3.24 or above
- Node.js v12 or above
Installation
ember install @coyote-labs/ember-accessibility
Usage
-
In your application template, include the AccessibilityTester component. For example,
<h1>Welcome to my app!</h1> <AccessibilityTester />
-
In your
config/environment.js
, provide anember-accessibility
object that has the following fields.isEnabled
: Defaults tofalse
. You can set it toenvironment === 'development'
. This addon's code will be stripped unless this is set totrue
.axe
: Allows configuring axe-core. Refer axe-core's documentation.// config/environment.js let ENV = { 'ember-accessibility': { isEnabled: environment === 'development', axe: { restoreScroll: true } } };
-
Click on the Check Accessiblity button that appears when you visit the app.
-
If you want to change the default position of the toggle, pass top and left position values to the
AccessibilityTester
component.Note: Values are in pixels.
For example,
<h1>Welcome to my app!</h1> <AccessibilityTester @top="25" @left="750"/>
-
Fix the errors that are displayed and make your app accessible!
<img alt="Using Accessibility Tester" src="docs/screenshots/accessibility-tester.gif" width="500">
Using in engines
- Make sure you add
ember-accessibility
to the engine's dependencies. - Add the
accessibility-test
service to your engine's dependencies inapp.js
.
Using in test
- Import the
auditAccessibility()
helper from'@coyote-labs/ember-accessibility/test-support/audit';
and then invoke it where needed.
Note: The config passed in
config/environment.js
will be applied here as well.
Acceptance Tests
import auditAccessibility from '@coyote-labs/ember-accessibility/test-support/audit';
test('Checks accessibility violations', function(assert) {
visit('/');
assert.notOk(await auditAccessibility());
});
Or, you can pass any selector or element from the visited page.
import auditAccessibility from '@coyote-labs/ember-accessibility/test-support/audit';
test('Checks accessibility violations', function(assert) {
visit('/');
assert.notOk(await auditAccessibility('#someID'));
});
Integration / Unit Tests
import auditAccessibility from '@coyote-labs/ember-accessibility/test-support/audit';
test('Checks accessibility violations in component', function(assert) {
await render(hbs`<AccessibilityTester />`);
assert.notOk(await auditAccessibility(this.element));
});
How is this different from ember-a11y-testing?
ember-a11y-testing is primarily geared towards testing as of now. While this will most definitely change, we wanted something that will provide contextual and meaningful feedback to developers during the development phase itself.
For example, here is how ember-a11y-testing looks in development currently.
<img alt="ember-a11y-testing screenshot" src="docs/screenshots/ember-a11y-testing.png" width="500">Notice how all the errors are present on the console. This addon on the other hand will make it easier to comprehend those errors.
<img alt="ember-accessibility screenshot" src="docs/screenshots/ember-accessibility.png" width="500">Another major reason that we wrote this addon is because our tests became extremely slow when using ember-a11y-testing. This is a major pain point when using it on large projects. By doing a11y testing in development and review phases, we were able to avoid that.
Contributing
See the Contributing guide for details.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.