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aria-live-announcements an angular service for running aria live announcements Take a look at example.html for an example of how to use it in a directive
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(function(window, angular) { | |
'use strict'; | |
/** | |
* | |
* The `ariaLive` module provides a service for running aria live announcements. | |
* It creates an empty paragraph only "visible" to screen readers. | |
* | |
*/ | |
var ariaLive = angular.module('ariaLive', []); | |
var jqLite = angular.element; | |
ariaLive.service('AriaLiveSrv', AriaLiveSrv); | |
AriaLiveSrv.$inject = ['$timeout', '$document']; | |
function AriaLiveSrv($timeout, $document) { | |
this.init = function (msgs, ele, msgContainerClass, politeness, hideElement) { | |
this.msgs = stingToObj(msgs); | |
this.element = $document; | |
if (ele) { | |
if(ele.nodeName){ | |
this.element = jqLite(ele); | |
}else if(ele[0] && ele[0].nodeName){ | |
this.element = ele; | |
} | |
} | |
this.element.append('<p aria-live="'+(politeness || 'polite')+'"></p>'); | |
this.mgsContainer = jqLite(this.element[0].lastChild); | |
if (msgContainerClass) { | |
this.mgsContainer.addClass(msgContainerClass); | |
} | |
if (hideElement) { | |
/*visually hides the element (still available for screen readers)*/ | |
this.mgsContainer.css({ | |
'position': 'absolute', | |
'margin-left': '-10000px', | |
'top': '-999999px', | |
'left': '-999999px' | |
}); | |
} | |
}; | |
this.announce = function(msg){ | |
if(this.msgs[msg]){ | |
$timeout().then(function(){ | |
jqLite(this.mgsContainer).text(this.msgs[msg]); | |
}.bind(this)); | |
} | |
}; | |
} | |
function stingToObj(msgs) { | |
if ( !msgs || msgs.indexOf(':') < 0 ) { | |
throw 'supply at least one valid message'; | |
} | |
return msgs.split(',').reduce(function(prev, cur){ | |
var msg = cur.split(':'); | |
if(msg.length < 2) { | |
return prev; | |
} | |
prev[msg[0]] = msg[1]; | |
return prev; | |
}, {}); | |
} | |
})(window, window.angular); |
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<script src="angular.min.js"></script> | |
<script src="angular.aria-live.js"></script> | |
<script> | |
angular.module('myApp', ['ariaLive']) | |
.directive('ariaLiveMsg', function ariaLiveMsg(AriaLiveSrv) { | |
return { | |
link: function (scope, element, attr) { | |
var ariaSrv = Object.create(AriaLiveSrv); | |
var buttons = element.find('button'); | |
ariaSrv.init( | |
attr.msgs, | |
element, | |
attr.msgContainerClass, | |
attr.politeness, | |
attr.hideElement | |
); | |
Array.prototype.forEach.call(buttons, function(button){ | |
angular.element(button).on('click', function (ev) { | |
ariaSrv.announce(button.id); | |
}); | |
}); | |
} | |
}; | |
}); | |
</script> | |
<style>div { outline: 1px solid red; padding: 10px; }</style> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<title>aria live</title> | |
</head> | |
<body ng-app="myApp"> | |
<div data-aria-live-msg | |
data-msgs="firstMsg:first message announced,secondMsg:second message announced" | |
msg-container-class="aria-live", | |
politeness="assertive", | |
hide-element="true"> | |
<button id="firstMsg">first message</button> | |
<button id="secondMsg">second message</button> | |
</div> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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