A Vue.js component wrapper for the accessible dialog

Vue A11yDialog

This is a Vue.js wrapper component for a11y-dialog.

Install

npm install vue-a11y-dialog

Usage

In your main.js application file, install the component:

import VueA11yDialog from 'vue-a11y-dialog'

Vue.use(VueA11yDialog)

Then use it as follows:

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <!-- ... -->
    <button type="button" @click="openDialog">
      Open dialog
    <button>

    <a11y-dialog id="app-dialog" app-root="#app" @dialog-ref="assignDialogRef">
      <h1 slot="title">Your dialog title</h1>
      <div>
        <p>Your content</p>
      </div>
    </a11y-dialog>
  </div>
</template>

export default {
  name: 'YourComponent',

  data: () => ({
    dialog: null
  }),

  methods: {
    openDialog () {
      if (this.dialog) {
        this.dialog.show()
      }
    },

    assignDialogRef (dialog) {
      this.dialog = dialog
    }
  }
}

It's important to assign the direct reference to the dialog instance via @dialog-ref, otherwise there is no way to call its methods.

Alternatively, you can also import the component directly into your file without installing it first:

import { VueA11yDialog } from 'vue-a11y-dialog'
export default {
  name: 'YourComponent',

  components: {
    'a11y-dialog': VueA11yDialog
  },

  methods: {
    // ...
  }
}

API

All a11y-dialog instance methods are available, see their docs for more.

id

• Property: id
• Type: String
• Required: true
• Description: The unique HTML id attribute added to the dialog element, internally used by a11y-dialog to manipulate the dialog.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog id="main-dialog">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

app-root

• Property: appRoot
• Type: String, Array<String> — CSS Selector string.
• Required: true
• Description: The selector(s) a11y-dialog needs to disable when the dialog is open.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog app-root="#app">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

class-names

• Property: class-names
• Type: Object
• Required: false
• Default: {}
• Description: Object of classes for each HTML element of the dialog element. Keys are: base, overlay, element, document, title, closeButton. See a11y-dialog docs for reference.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog :class-names="{ base: 'base-class', overlay: 'overlay-class' }">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

title-id

• Property: titleId
• Type: String
• Required: false
• Default: Defaults to id + '-title'.
• Description: The HTML id attribute of the dialog’s title element, used by assistive technologies to provide context and meaning to the dialog window.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog title-id="main-title">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

close-button-label

• Property: closeButtonLabel
• Type: String
• Required: false
• Default: 'Close this dialog window'
• Description: The HTML aria-label attribute of the close button, used by assistive technologies to provide extra meaning to the usual cross-mark.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog close-button-label="Close this super dialog">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

Events

dialog-ref

• Returns: An a11y-dialog instance or undefined.
• Description: This event emits the a11y-dialog instance once the component has been initialised. When it gets destroyed, the event returns undefined. This is needed to call instance methods of the dialog, e.g. this.dialog.show().
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog @dialog-ref="assignDialogRef">
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

export default {
  // ...
  methods: {
    assignDialogRef (dialog) {
      this.dialog = dialog
    }
  }
}

Slots

title

• Name: title
• Default: \u00D7 (×)
• Description: The title of the dialog, mandatory in the document to provide context to assistive technology. Could be hidden with CSS (while remaining accessible).
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog>
  <h1 slot="title">Your dialog title</h1>
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

closeButtonContent

• Name: closeButtonLabel
• Default: \u00D7 (×)
• Description: The string that is the inner HTML of the close button.
• Usage:

<a11y-dialog>
  <span slot="closeButtonContent">Close dialog</span>
  <!-- ... -->
</a11y-dialog>

Server-side Rendering

This is a client-only component; a11y-dialog won't render anything on the server and wait for your bundle to be executed on the client.

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