docs: add Accessibility section - #1284
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Add a dedicated Accessibility page covering the WCAG success criteria relevant to tooltips (1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus, 2.1.1 Keyboard, 1.3.1 Info and Relationships) and how each maps to ReactTooltip: - clickable, for hoverable content - globalCloseEvents escape, for Esc dismissal - focusable anchors, for keyboard access - aria-describedby, to associate the anchor and tooltip - a combined, keyboard-testable example Rename the getting-started "Clickable tooltip/accessibility" subsection to "Clickable tooltip" and link it to the new page, and move Troubleshooting down one sidebar position to make room.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe documentation adds a dedicated accessibility page for ReactTooltip. It covers WCAG criteria, keyboard focus, clickable content, Escape dismissal, and ChangesAccessibility documentation
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In `@docs/docs/accessibility.mdx`:
- Line 95: Update the accessibility guidance near the tooltip anchor to remove
the instruction to manually add aria-describedby; state that ReactTooltip
manages the active anchor’s aria-describedby dynamically while the tooltip is
visible and removes it during cleanup.
- Line 155: Update the useTooltipEvents focus handling so keyboard focus
entering the tooltip link keeps hoveringTooltip true, preventing clickable from
calling handleShow(false) while focus remains inside the tooltip; ensure the
existing dismissal behavior resumes when focus leaves the tooltip.
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| ## Associating the anchor and tooltip (1.3.1) | ||
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| So screen readers announce the tooltip content when the anchor is focused, add an `aria-describedby` attribute to the anchor referencing the tooltip's `id`. |
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Correct the aria-describedby guidance.
ReactTooltip adds its ID to the active anchor's aria-describedby while the tooltip is shown and removes it during cleanup. Do not instruct users to add this attribute manually. The static attribute can also reference an element that is not rendered before the tooltip opens.
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-So screen readers announce the tooltip content when the anchor is focused, add an `aria-describedby` attribute to the anchor referencing the tooltip's `id`.
+ReactTooltip manages the `aria-describedby` association while the tooltip is shown, so screen readers can announce the tooltip content when the anchor receives focus.📝 Committable suggestion
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| So screen readers announce the tooltip content when the anchor is focused, add an `aria-describedby` attribute to the anchor referencing the tooltip's `id`. | |
| ReactTooltip manages the `aria-describedby` association while the tooltip is shown, so screen readers can announce the tooltip content when the anchor receives focus. |
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In `@docs/docs/accessibility.mdx` at line 95, Update the accessibility guidance
near the tooltip anchor to remove the instruction to manually add
aria-describedby; state that ReactTooltip manages the active anchor’s
aria-describedby dynamically while the tooltip is visible and removes it during
cleanup.
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| Try it with the keyboard: <kbd>Tab</kbd> to the anchor to open the tooltip, <kbd>Tab</kbd> again to move into the link, and <kbd>Esc</kbd> to dismiss it. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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rg -n -C 4 'focus|relatedTarget|globalCloseEvents|clickable|aria-describedby|Tab|Escape|hide' src/components/Tooltip docs/docs/accessibility.mdx --glob '*.{ts,tsx,mdx}'Repository: ReactTooltip/react-tooltip
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Make the keyboard flow focus-aware before documenting it.
When focus moves to the tooltip link, useTooltipEvents handles focusout because the link is outside the anchor. clickable then calls handleShow(false) after 100 ms unless hoveringTooltip is true, but keyboard focus does not set that ref. The tooltip may start closing before the link is activated. Keep it open while focus is inside the tooltip, or revise this instruction.
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In `@docs/docs/accessibility.mdx` at line 155, Update the useTooltipEvents focus
handling so keyboard focus entering the tooltip link keeps hoveringTooltip true,
preventing clickable from calling handleShow(false) while focus remains inside
the tooltip; ensure the existing dismissal behavior resumes when focus leaves
the tooltip.
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looks good to me, thanks!
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Description
Adds a dedicated Accessibility page to the docs, as discussed in #1261.
It calls out the three WCAG success criteria most relevant to tooltips and shows how each maps to ReactTooltip:
clickableso tooltip content is hoverable/reachable, andglobalCloseEvents={{ escape: true }}so it is dismissible with EsctabIndex={0}); ReactTooltip already opens on focusaria-describedby(ReactTooltip renders the tooltip withrole="tooltip")It ends with a combined, keyboard-testable live example putting all of these together.
Other changes
Sidebar order
Getting Started → Upgrade Guide → Options → Examples → Accessibility → Troubleshooting
Testing
Built the docs (
yarn build) with no broken-link or MDX errors, and verified the new page and all live examples render and behave correctly (clickable/hoverable, Esc dismissal, native keyboard focus,aria-describedbyassociation). The link inside the example tooltip meets WCAG AA/AAA contrast against the tooltip background.Summary by CodeRabbit