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Spinner Table of Contents Accessibility support ARIA enhancements External ARIA provided by the aria property: ARIAUsagearia-labelDefines a string value that labels the live region. Internal ARIA that is managed by the component: ARIAUsagerole="alert"Provided message is announced. Development considerations Announcing loading messages To provide feedback to screen reader users, it's mandatory to announce the loading state of the spinner. This can be achieved by the following: Pre-rendering of the the component in the DOM. Providing a meaningful loading state message through the aria property, e.g. aria="{ 'aria-label': 'Start/End loading content'}". Tests Automated TechnologySupportAXE-Core (WCAG 2.2 AA, Best-Practice)✅High-Contrast Mode (light/dark)✅Text-Zoom (200%)✅ Manual TechnologySupportScreen reader (VoiceOver, NVDA)✅
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionThe dir global attribute in HTML changes the direction of text and other content within an element. It's most often used on the <html> tag to set the entire page's direction, which is crucial for supporting languages that are written from right to left (RTL), such as Arabic and Hebrew. For example, using <html dir="rtl"> makes the entire page display from right to left, adjusting the layout and text flow accordingly.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)Text ZoomTo ensure accessibility and comply with WCAG 2.2 AA standards, it is mandatory for web content to support text resizing up to at least 200% without loss of content or functionality. Using relative units like rem is a best practice for achieving this, as they allow the text to scale uniformly based on the user's browser settings.100%130%150%200%