Testing >> Chai A11y aXe ||30
This module provides a Chai plugin to perform automated accessibility tests via axe.
This package is shipped as a dependency with @open-wc/testing
so you do not need to install this seperately.
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Chai BDD UI
The BDD UI works with chai's expect
function.
Because the test is asynchronous, you must either await its result or pass a done
parameter in the plugin's options object.
You can ignore tags or ARIA rules, see configuration
import { fixture, expect, html } from '@open-wc/testing';
it('passes accessibility test', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <button>label</button> `);
await expect(el).to.be.accessible();
});
it('fails without label', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <div aria-labelledby="test-x"></div> `);
await expect(el).not.to.be.accessible();
});
it('passes for all rules, ignores attributes test', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <div aria-labelledby="test-x"></div> `);
await expect(el).to.be.accessible({
ignoredRules: ['aria-valid-attr-value'],
});
});
it('fails without alt attribute', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <img /> `);
await expect(el).not.to.be.accessible();
});
it('passes without alt attribute becuase img are ignored', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <img /> `);
await expect(el).not.to.be.accessible({
ignoredTags: ['img'],
});
});
it('accepts "done" option', done => {
fixture(html` <button>some light dom</button> `).then(el => {
expect(el).to.be.accessible({
done,
});
});
});
Chai TDD UI
The isAccessible()
and isNotAccessible()
methods work on Chai's assert
function.
import { fixture, assert, html } from '@open-wc/testing';
it('passes axe accessible tests', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <button>some light dom</button> `);
await assert.isAccessible(el);
});
it('accepts ignored rules list', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <div aria-labelledby="test-x"></div> `);
await assert.isAccessible(el, {
ignoredRules: ['aria-valid-attr-value'],
});
});
it('passes for negation', async () => {
const el = await fixture(html` <div aria-labelledby="test-x"></div> `);
await assert.isNotAccessible(el);
});
Configuration
ignoredRules
Rules can be ignored by passing ignoredRules
with a list of rules as a configuration option. e.g.: { ignoredRules: ['aria-valid-attr-value'] }
Here are all ARIA rules applied by axe-core. You will also find them in the violations report when running offending tests with this plugin.
This configuration option is passed down to axe-core
API so that the configured test will run with those rules disabled.
ignoredTags
Ignore elements with a specific tag by passing ignoredTags
with a list of tags to ignore. e.g.: { ignoredTags: ['img'] }
This configuration option will remove elements from the accessibility tree by setting the aria-hidden attribute for them.