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I am facing accessibility issue when my button is enabled/disabled:
Below is my angular form:



<form>
<input type="text" id="UserName">
<input type="text" id="Password">
<button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">
</form>


Here my button is disabled on the condition if nothing is entered inside my input fields.
How can I convey to user that my button is disabled as focus can't be put on disabled button.
Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.










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  • Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
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  • Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
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I am facing accessibility issue when my button is enabled/disabled:
Below is my angular form:



<form>
<input type="text" id="UserName">
<input type="text" id="Password">
<button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">
</form>


Here my button is disabled on the condition if nothing is entered inside my input fields.
How can I convey to user that my button is disabled as focus can't be put on disabled button.
Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.










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  • Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
    – Oram
    Nov 8 at 14:16










  • Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
    – t3__rry
    Nov 8 at 14:18












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I am facing accessibility issue when my button is enabled/disabled:
Below is my angular form:



<form>
<input type="text" id="UserName">
<input type="text" id="Password">
<button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">
</form>


Here my button is disabled on the condition if nothing is entered inside my input fields.
How can I convey to user that my button is disabled as focus can't be put on disabled button.
Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.










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I am facing accessibility issue when my button is enabled/disabled:
Below is my angular form:



<form>
<input type="text" id="UserName">
<input type="text" id="Password">
<button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">
</form>


Here my button is disabled on the condition if nothing is entered inside my input fields.
How can I convey to user that my button is disabled as focus can't be put on disabled button.
Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.







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  • Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
    – Oram
    Nov 8 at 14:16










  • Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
    – t3__rry
    Nov 8 at 14:18
















  • Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
    – Oram
    Nov 8 at 14:16










  • Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
    – t3__rry
    Nov 8 at 14:18















Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
– Oram
Nov 8 at 14:16




Usually you change the style and the disabled buttons are greyed out.
– Oram
Nov 8 at 14:16












Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
– t3__rry
Nov 8 at 14:18




Have you tried updating the title attribute given the same condition with a different message?
– t3__rry
Nov 8 at 14:18












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Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.




That's largely up to you. The information is already conveyed by the user agent (visual ones show the button in a "grey" or similar look; non-visual ones report it other ways).




How can I convey to user that my button is disabled...




This is also up to you. If you want to include a message after it saying something, and only show that when the button is disabled, that's easy enough with HTML and CSS using the next sibling combinator (+):



<button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">button text</button>
<span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>


CSS:



.show-on-disable 
display: none;

button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
display: inline;



Live Example:






document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
var btn = document.querySelector("button");
btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
);

.show-on-disable 
display: none;

button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
display: inline;

<div>
<label>
<input type="checkbox">
Disable the button
</label>
</div>
<button type="submit">button</button>
<span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>








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    That's a great beyond-accessibility question. The way you have it currently coded is WCAG compliant but might not be the best user experience for a screen reader user, at least for the screen reader user that uses the TAB key to navigate. They will never hear the button because focus won't move to it.



    However, many (more than half, probably much more than that) screen reader users navigate the accessibility tree (similar to the DOM) using the up/down arrow keys (with JAWS and NVDA) or swipe left/right (with VoiceOver on iOS). This type of navigation lets them access all elements on the page that are in the accessibility tree (which is most of the DOM elements). So a screen reader user will most likely navigate to the disabled button and they'll hear that it's disabled.



    The short answer is the code you have is ok. A screen reader will know the button is disabled even though it can't receive typical keyboard focus. You just have to understand how a screen reader user navigates the page.






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      Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.




      That's largely up to you. The information is already conveyed by the user agent (visual ones show the button in a "grey" or similar look; non-visual ones report it other ways).




      How can I convey to user that my button is disabled...




      This is also up to you. If you want to include a message after it saying something, and only show that when the button is disabled, that's easy enough with HTML and CSS using the next sibling combinator (+):



      <button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">button text</button>
      <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>


      CSS:



      .show-on-disable 
      display: none;

      button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
      display: inline;



      Live Example:






      document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
      var btn = document.querySelector("button");
      btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
      );

      .show-on-disable 
      display: none;

      button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
      display: inline;

      <div>
      <label>
      <input type="checkbox">
      Disable the button
      </label>
      </div>
      <button type="submit">button</button>
      <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>








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        Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.




        That's largely up to you. The information is already conveyed by the user agent (visual ones show the button in a "grey" or similar look; non-visual ones report it other ways).




        How can I convey to user that my button is disabled...




        This is also up to you. If you want to include a message after it saying something, and only show that when the button is disabled, that's easy enough with HTML and CSS using the next sibling combinator (+):



        <button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">button text</button>
        <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>


        CSS:



        .show-on-disable 
        display: none;

        button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
        display: inline;



        Live Example:






        document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
        var btn = document.querySelector("button");
        btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
        );

        .show-on-disable 
        display: none;

        button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
        display: inline;

        <div>
        <label>
        <input type="checkbox">
        Disable the button
        </label>
        </div>
        <button type="submit">button</button>
        <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>








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          up vote
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          up vote
          0
          down vote










          Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.




          That's largely up to you. The information is already conveyed by the user agent (visual ones show the button in a "grey" or similar look; non-visual ones report it other ways).




          How can I convey to user that my button is disabled...




          This is also up to you. If you want to include a message after it saying something, and only show that when the button is disabled, that's easy enough with HTML and CSS using the next sibling combinator (+):



          <button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">button text</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>


          CSS:



          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;



          Live Example:






          document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
          var btn = document.querySelector("button");
          btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
          );

          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;

          <div>
          <label>
          <input type="checkbox">
          Disable the button
          </label>
          </div>
          <button type="submit">button</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>








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          Do I actually need to convey to user about disabled button and convey when it is enabled.




          That's largely up to you. The information is already conveyed by the user agent (visual ones show the button in a "grey" or similar look; non-visual ones report it other ways).




          How can I convey to user that my button is disabled...




          This is also up to you. If you want to include a message after it saying something, and only show that when the button is disabled, that's easy enough with HTML and CSS using the next sibling combinator (+):



          <button type="submit" [disabled]="conditions">button text</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>


          CSS:



          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;



          Live Example:






          document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
          var btn = document.querySelector("button");
          btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
          );

          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;

          <div>
          <label>
          <input type="checkbox">
          Disable the button
          </label>
          </div>
          <button type="submit">button</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>








          document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
          var btn = document.querySelector("button");
          btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
          );

          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;

          <div>
          <label>
          <input type="checkbox">
          Disable the button
          </label>
          </div>
          <button type="submit">button</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>





          document.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]").addEventListener("change", function() 
          var btn = document.querySelector("button");
          btn.disabled = !btn.disabled;
          );

          .show-on-disable 
          display: none;

          button[disabled] + .show-on-disable
          display: inline;

          <div>
          <label>
          <input type="checkbox">
          Disable the button
          </label>
          </div>
          <button type="submit">button</button>
          <span class="show-on-disable">your text here</span>






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              That's a great beyond-accessibility question. The way you have it currently coded is WCAG compliant but might not be the best user experience for a screen reader user, at least for the screen reader user that uses the TAB key to navigate. They will never hear the button because focus won't move to it.



              However, many (more than half, probably much more than that) screen reader users navigate the accessibility tree (similar to the DOM) using the up/down arrow keys (with JAWS and NVDA) or swipe left/right (with VoiceOver on iOS). This type of navigation lets them access all elements on the page that are in the accessibility tree (which is most of the DOM elements). So a screen reader user will most likely navigate to the disabled button and they'll hear that it's disabled.



              The short answer is the code you have is ok. A screen reader will know the button is disabled even though it can't receive typical keyboard focus. You just have to understand how a screen reader user navigates the page.






              share|improve this answer
























                up vote
                0
                down vote













                That's a great beyond-accessibility question. The way you have it currently coded is WCAG compliant but might not be the best user experience for a screen reader user, at least for the screen reader user that uses the TAB key to navigate. They will never hear the button because focus won't move to it.



                However, many (more than half, probably much more than that) screen reader users navigate the accessibility tree (similar to the DOM) using the up/down arrow keys (with JAWS and NVDA) or swipe left/right (with VoiceOver on iOS). This type of navigation lets them access all elements on the page that are in the accessibility tree (which is most of the DOM elements). So a screen reader user will most likely navigate to the disabled button and they'll hear that it's disabled.



                The short answer is the code you have is ok. A screen reader will know the button is disabled even though it can't receive typical keyboard focus. You just have to understand how a screen reader user navigates the page.






                share|improve this answer






















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                  That's a great beyond-accessibility question. The way you have it currently coded is WCAG compliant but might not be the best user experience for a screen reader user, at least for the screen reader user that uses the TAB key to navigate. They will never hear the button because focus won't move to it.



                  However, many (more than half, probably much more than that) screen reader users navigate the accessibility tree (similar to the DOM) using the up/down arrow keys (with JAWS and NVDA) or swipe left/right (with VoiceOver on iOS). This type of navigation lets them access all elements on the page that are in the accessibility tree (which is most of the DOM elements). So a screen reader user will most likely navigate to the disabled button and they'll hear that it's disabled.



                  The short answer is the code you have is ok. A screen reader will know the button is disabled even though it can't receive typical keyboard focus. You just have to understand how a screen reader user navigates the page.






                  share|improve this answer












                  That's a great beyond-accessibility question. The way you have it currently coded is WCAG compliant but might not be the best user experience for a screen reader user, at least for the screen reader user that uses the TAB key to navigate. They will never hear the button because focus won't move to it.



                  However, many (more than half, probably much more than that) screen reader users navigate the accessibility tree (similar to the DOM) using the up/down arrow keys (with JAWS and NVDA) or swipe left/right (with VoiceOver on iOS). This type of navigation lets them access all elements on the page that are in the accessibility tree (which is most of the DOM elements). So a screen reader user will most likely navigate to the disabled button and they'll hear that it's disabled.



                  The short answer is the code you have is ok. A screen reader will know the button is disabled even though it can't receive typical keyboard focus. You just have to understand how a screen reader user navigates the page.







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