Accessibility Features

Most Java ES 7 components are designed to support a comprehensive range of United States and international accessibility standards and requirements. These requirements are designed to assure ease of use and full accessibility to all Java ES features for users with various visual and/or physical limitations.

The accessibility features built into and tested with Java ES 7 software include the following:

• All graphical interface elements are fully navigable with the keyboard, including the Tab, arrow, and Enter keys.

• All forms embedded in application pages are friendly to assistive technologies through various methods, such as attaching a label to each form field, or providing an appropriate title or other nonvisual text element to each element.

• Alternative text strings are provided for all non-text elements, including icons, images, and logos.

• All dynamic elements, including Javascript code and menus and pop-up menus with strings that are displayed when a mouse is hovered over them, have embedded text string identifiers that can be read by assistive technologies.

• Product documentation, including PDF and HTML versions, have been written according to accessibility standards.

• Most or all Java ES component products have been tested and are expected to work with a variety of assistive technologies for several operating environments, including:

  • Mac OS X: Universal Access

  • Solaris and OpenSolaris: Orca

  • Linux: Orca

  • Windows: JAWS, System Access