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Stepper Horizontal Table of Contents Accessibility support Keyboard Key / stateFunctionTab, Shift-TabMoves focus to the scroll container or to next (or previous) focusable element.Enter, SpaceActivates the completed and current step-item.disabledStep-item still focusable. ARIA enhancements Internal ARIA that is managed by the component: ARIAUsagerole="list"Indicates the stepper as list element.role="listitem"Indicates the step-item as list-item element. Development considerations Common do's and don'ts Do provide descriptive text in each step item so progress is understandable out of context. Do reflect the current step with the item state prop (current, complete, warning). Don't use generic labels like "Step 1" without describing the step purpose. Integration examples
Generic step labels without context❌ Anti-pattern
<p-stepper-horizontal>
  <p-stepper-horizontal-item state="complete">
    Step 1
  </p-stepper-horizontal-item>
  <p-stepper-horizontal-item state="current">
    Step 2
  </p-stepper-horizontal-item>
</p-stepper-horizontal>
✅ Recommended
<p-stepper-horizontal>
  <p-stepper-horizontal-item state="complete">
    Configure vehicle
  </p-stepper-horizontal-item>
  <p-stepper-horizontal-item state="current">
    Choose delivery date
  </p-stepper-horizontal-item>
  <p-stepper-horizontal-item>
    Review and confirm
  </p-stepper-horizontal-item>
</p-stepper-horizontal>
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%