a11y-disabled-modifier

Implement accessible and usable button-disabling (inspired by this fantastic post on CSS Tricks) with a modifier:

<form {{on "submit" this.submit}}>
  <label>some text: <input type='text' /></label>
  <button type='submit' {{disabled when=this.isInvalid}}></button>
</form>

When the modifier is enabled with the required when named argument:

• the target element has aria-disabled="true"
• clicks on the button do not propagate
• form submission does not trigger

Compatibility

• Ember.js v3.16 or above
• Ember CLI v2.13 or above
• Node.js v12 or above

TypeScript

This project follows the current draft of the Semantic Versioning for TypeScript Types pro posal.

• Currently supported TypeScript versions: v4.1 and v4.2
• Compiler support policy: simple majors
• Public API: all published types not in a -private module are public

-majors

Note: for the moment, the types provided here are basically inert. Glint users can see the implementation for types to use there.

Installation

ember install a11y-disabled-modifier

Usage

Use this modifier in place of the disabled attribute, which causes a variety of usability problems, when you absolutely must disable a button programmatically. Most of the time, you shouldn't use this at all: prefer to provide feedback on form submission instead!

For custom styling for disabled elements, you can use the [aria-disabled="true"] and [aria-disabled="false"] selectors. This guarantees that your styles will stay in sync with the runtime behavior of the app:

.my-button {
  /* default styles... */
}

.my-button[aria-disabled="true"] {
  cursor: not-allowed;
}

Contributing

See the Contributing guide for details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.