---
title: Widgets
slug: Web/Accessibility/ARIA/widgets
tags:
  - Accessibility
  - JavaScript
  - Landing
  - NeedsUpdate
---
<div class="warning">Warning: needs updating</div>

<h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>

<p>Here's a look at working examples and best practices in building accessible JavaScript widgets.</p>

<h2 id="General_Resources">General Resources</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://dev.aol.com/dhtml_style_guide" rel="nofollow">DHTML Style Guide</a> provides keyboard interaction recommendations</li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.w3.org/wai/pf/aria-practices" rel="nofollow">WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices Guide</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Checkbox">Checkbox</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=53" rel="nofollow">ARIA Toggle Button and Tri-state Checkbox examples</a> (from "The Paciello Group Blog")</li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="http://test.cita.uiuc.edu/aria/checkbox" rel="nofollow">ARIA Example Checkbox Widgets from the University of Illinois</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Menu">Menu</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/12/21/menu-waiaria/" rel="nofollow">Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Slider">Slider</h2>

<ul>
 <li>From the Paciello Group Blog: ARIA Slider, <a class="external text" href="https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=68" rel="nofollow">part one</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=69" rel="nofollow">part two</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=76" rel="nofollow">part three</a> (<a class="external text" href="https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/misc/ARIA/slider/" rel="nofollow">example</a>)</li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://mindtrove.info/articles/creating-an-accessible-internationalized-dojo-rating-widget/" rel="nofollow">Creating an Accessible, Internationalized Dojo Rating Widget</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Tabs">Tabs</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/07/30/tabview-aria/" rel="nofollow">Enhancing TabView Accessibility with WAI-ARIA Roles and States</a>, from the YUI blog</li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/tabs" rel="nofollow">Enhancing the jQuery UI Tabs accordingly to WCAG 2.0 and ARIA</a></li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://codetalks.org/source/widgets/tabpanel/tabpanel1.html" rel="nofollow">Tab panel example here on CodeTalks</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Lightbox">Lightbox</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/lightbox" rel="nofollow">WCAG 2.0 and ARIA-</a><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/table" rel="nofollow">conformant</a><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/lightbox" rel="nofollow"> lightbox application</a></li>
 <li><a class="external free" href="http://majx-js.digissime.net/js/popin/" rel="nofollow">http://majx-js.digissime.net/js/popin/</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Form_Validation">Form Validation</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/formular" rel="nofollow">WCAG 2.0 and ARIA-conformant live form validation</a></li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Tables">Tables</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.einfach-fuer-alle.de/artikel/barrierefreie-formulare-mit-html-css-und-javascript/" rel="nofollow">German tutorial on creating an accessible form</a></li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://codetalks.org/source/widgets/grid/grid.sample.html" rel="nofollow">Simple grid example at CodeTalks</a></li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://codetalks.org/source/widgets/datepicker/datepicker.sample.html" rel="nofollow">Date picker grid at CodeTalks</a></li>
 <li><a class="external text" href="https://wiki.github.com/fnagel/jQuery-Accessible-RIA/table" rel="nofollow">WCAG 2.0 and ARIA-conformant sortable tables</a></li>
</ul>