Crafting Accessible Components for Component Libraries
summary
Three concrete patterns decide whether a library actually helps accessibility or just claims to: use a tag/as prop so components render article section or div as needed, extend component props to accept and spread aria attributes (TypeScript suggested to limit invalid props), and expose DOM access with forwardRef/useRef so callers can focus or scroll elements. Examples use React and TypeScript, acknowledge context dependency, and warn of increased complexity and potential misuse while reporting that these approaches enable real, testable fixes.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Accessible component libraries
- 1:10Accessibility depends on context
- 2:16Tag prop for semantic markup
- 4:24Extending props for ARIA
- 6:30ForwardRef for components
- 8:35Control versus misuse
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