eng-a11y-focus-scope

a11y-focus-scope

Accessibility util for scoping focus to an element.

Installation

$ npm install --save a11y-focus-scope

Import

In SystemJS configuration file add the following line in paths:

'a11y-focus-scope': 'node_modules/eng-a11y-focus-scope/index.js'

In your Component add the following lines in imports:

import {scopeFocus, unscopeFocus} from 'a11y-focus-scope';

Usage

document.body.innerHTML = `
  <button id="outer-button">Outer Button</button>
 
  <div id="container">
    <button id="inner-button">Inner Button</button>
  </div>
`;
 
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var innerButton = document.getElementById('inner-button');
var outerButton = document.getElementById('outer-button');
 
scopeFocus(container);
// document.activeElement === container;
 
innerButton.focus();
// document.activeElement === innerButton;
 
outerButton.focus();
// document.activeElement === container;
 
unscopeFocus();
outerButton.focus();
// document.activeElement === outerButton;