Class: Checks

accessibility.Checks(strict)

Component responsible for interacting with platform accessibility API.

Its methods serve as wrappers for testing content and chrome accessibility as well as accessibility of user interactions.

Constructor

new Checks(strict)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
strict boolean

Flag indicating whether the accessibility issue should be logged or cause an error to be thrown. Default is to log to stdout.

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Methods

assertActionable(accessible, element)

Test if it is possible to activate an element with the accessibility API.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

element DOMElement | XULElement

Element associated with |accessible|.

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Throws:

ElementNotAccessibleError If it is impossible to activate |element| with |accessible|.

assertEnabled(accessible, element, enabled)

Test if the element's unavailable accessibility state matches the enabled state.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

element DOMElement | XULElement

Element associated with |accessible|.

enabled boolean

Enabled state of |element|.

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Throws:

ElementNotAccessibleError If |element|'s enabled state does not match |accessible|'s.

assertSelected(accessible, Element, selected)

Test that an element's selected state corresponds to its accessibility API selected state.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

Element DOMElement | XULElement

associated with |accessible|.

selected boolean

The |element|s selected state.

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Throws:

ElementNotAccessibleError If |element|'s selected state does not correspond to |accessible|'s.

assertVisible(accessible, element, visible)

Test if the element's visible state corresponds to its accessibility API visibility.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

element DOMElement | XULElement

Element associated with |accessible|.

visible boolean

Visibility state of |element|.

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Throws:

ElementNotAccessibleError If |element|'s visibility state does not correspond to |accessible|'s.

error(message, element)

Throw an error if strict accessibility checks are enforced and log the error to the log.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message string
element DOMElement | XULElement

Element that caused an error.

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Throws:

ElementNotAccessibleError If |strict| is true.

getAccessible(element, mustHaveAccessibleopt) → {Promise.<nsIAccessible>}

Get an accessible object for an element.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
element DOMElement | XULElement

Element to get the accessible object for.

mustHaveAccessible boolean <optional>
false

Flag indicating that the element must have an accessible object. Defaults to not require this.

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Returns:

Promise with an accessibility object for the given element.

Type
Promise.<nsIAccessible>

hasActionCount(accessible) → {boolean}

Test if an accessible has at least one action that it supports.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

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Returns:

True if the accessible has at least one supported action, false otherwise.

Type
boolean

hasHiddenAttribute(accessible) → {boolean}

Test if an accessible has a {@code hidden} attribute.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

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Returns:

True if the accessible object has a {@code hidden} attribute, false otherwise.

Type
boolean

hasValidName(accessible) → {boolean}

Test if an accessible has a valid name.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

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Returns:

True if the accessible has a non-empty valid name, or false if this is not the case.

Type
boolean

isActionableRole(accessible) → {boolean}

Test if the accessible has a role that supports some arbitrary action.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

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Returns:

True if an actionable role is found on the accessible, false otherwise.

Type
boolean

isHidden(accessible) → {boolean}

Test if an accessible is hidden from the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object.

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Returns:

True if element is hidden from user, false otherwise.

Type
boolean

matchState(accessible, stateToMatch) → {boolean}

Verify if an accessible has a given state. Test if an accessible has a given state.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
accessible nsIAccessible

Accessible object to test.

stateToMatch number

State to match.

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Returns:

True if |accessible| has |stateToMatch|, false otherwise.

Type
boolean