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Accessibility Best Practices for Lightning Web Components
Accessibility planning has a significant impact on component quality. Learn how to define requirements and use Salesforce resources to determine when extra code is needed to ensure LWC accessibility.

, Senior Technical Consultant, GyanSys

Role: Designer, Developer
Product: Agentforce 360 Platform
Session Level: Intermediate
  • Wednesday, Sep 133:00 PM - 3:40 PM PDT
    (10:00 PM - 10:40 PM GMT)
    Room 2008 (Moscone West, Level 2)
Session Summary by Einstein: In this Dreamforce session, Penny Clark, a Senior Technical Consultant at Kansas, discussed accessibility best practices for Lightning web components. She emphasized the importance of considering end users and their diverse ways of interacting with content when developing components. She highlighted the need to seek out other perspectives and ensure that the fundamentals of accessibility are correctly implemented. Penny also demonstrated how to use roles and tab index properties to enhance accessibility. She further explained how to use standard HTML elements and Salesforce's out-of-the-box lightning components to benefit from previous developers' work. Penny concluded the session by providing tips on checking the accessibility of current components and recommended tools for further exploration.
Key Takeaways by Einstein:
  1. • The session emphasized the importance of considering accessibility best practices when developing lightning web components, highlighting the need to start with end users, seek out other perspectives, and ensure the fundamentals are right.
  2. • The speaker demonstrated how to use roles and tab index properties to enhance accessibility, and stressed the importance of using standard HTML elements and out-of-the-box lightning components whenever possible.
  3. • The session also provided practical tips on checking the accessibility of current components, including using assistive technology and accessibility developer tools.

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