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Carousel Table of Contents Accessibility support Keyboard Key / stateFunctionTab, Shift-Tab- Moves focus to the next (or previous) focusable element.
- Supports cycling through all items.
- Activates "Skip" link (if set through skipLinkTarget). ARIA enhancements External ARIA provided by the aria property: ARIAUsagearia-labelDefines a string value that labels the carousel. Internal ARIA that is managed by the component: ARIAUsagearia-label="STRING"Defines a string value that labels prev/next and carousel items.role="region"Defines the carousel as a semantic region.role="group"Defines the carousel item as a semantic group.aria-labelledby="IDREF"References the accessible name.aria-roledescription="carousel"Specifies the role as "carousel".aria-roledescription="slide"Specifies the role of the carousel item as "slide".aria-live="polite"Announces page position after control-driven movement (prev/next, pagination, drag), e.g. "2 of 8" via intl.slideLabel. Not announced when navigating by focusing slides. Development considerations Skip Carousel Entries Through the skipLinkTarget property, a skip link for keyboard users can be provided to give the possibility to skip over all carousel entries. The skip link is only visible when it receives focus from the keyboard. Use the skipLinkTarget property if you have >5 carousel items The target of the skip link should point to the next heading or element right after the carousel Common do's and don'ts Do configure skip-link-target for larger carousels or repeated content sections. Do ensure the skip target points to the next meaningful section. Do provide a descriptive carousel label via the aria property. Don't force keyboard users to tab through every slide control when a skip path is needed. Don't use vague labels that do not communicate carousel context. Integration examples
ARIA on component host vs aria prop❌ Anti-pattern
<p-carousel aria-label="Slider">
  <!-- slides -->
</p-carousel>
✅ Recommended
<p-carousel aria="{'aria-label': 'Featured Porsche models'}">
  <!-- slides -->
</p-carousel>
Carousel without skip path for keyboard users❌ Anti-pattern
<p-carousel>
  <!-- many slides (>6 items) -->
</p-carousel>
✅ Recommended
<p-carousel skip-link-target="#after-carousel" aria="{'aria-label': 'Highlights'}">
  <!-- many slides (>6 items) -->
</p-carousel>

<p-heading tag="h2" id="after-carousel">
  Next section
</p-heading>
Vague carousel label❌ Anti-pattern
<p-carousel aria="{'aria-label': 'Slider'}">
  <!-- slides -->
</p-carousel>
✅ Recommended
<p-carousel aria="{'aria-label': 'Featured Porsche models'}">
  <!-- slides -->
</p-carousel>
Tests Automated TechnologySupportAXE-Core (WCAG 2.2 AA, Best-Practice)✅High-Contrast Mode (light/dark)✅Text-Zoom (200%)✅ Manual TechnologySupportKeyboard✅Screen reader (VoiceOver, NVDA)✅
Global settingsColor SchemeAll color tokens use the light-dark() CSS function. Set the theme via the CSS color-scheme property: light for light mode, dark for dark mode, or light dark to follow the user's system preference.LightDarkLight DarkDirectionThe 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%