eps1lon/dom-accessibility-api

Implements https://w3c.github.io/accname/

JavaScript

127

913 commits

updated Apr 19, 2026

See the code

README

dom-accessibility-api

Azure DevOps coverage

Computes the accessible name or description of a given DOM Element. https://w3c.github.io/accname/ implemented in JavaScript for testing.

$ yarn add dom-accessibility-api

import {
	computeAccessibleName,
	computeAccessibleDescription,
} from "dom-accessibility-api";

I'm not an editor of any of the referenced specs (nor very experience with using them) so if you got any insights, something catches your eye please open an issue.

Supported environments

WARNING: Only active node versions are supported. Inactive node versions can stop working in a SemVer MINOR release.

ie 11
edge >= 14
firefox >= 52
chrome >= 49
safari >= 10
node 10.0

progress

Using https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt. Be sure to init submodules when cloning. See the test readme for more info about the test setup.

browser (Chrome)

153/159

jsdom

report 138/159 passing of which 15 are due `::before { content }`, one might be a wrong test, 5 are pathological

  web-platform-tests
    accname
      ✓ [expected fail] description_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] description_from_content_of_describedby_element-manual.html
      ✓ description_link-with-label-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_557-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_664-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_665-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_666-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_772-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_773-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_774-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_838-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_broken_reference-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_one_valid_reference-manual.html
      ✓ description_title-same-element-manual.html
      ✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-listbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-textbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-elements-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-styles-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-inline-hidden-elements-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-owned-listbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_label-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_labelledby_element-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_labelledby_elements_one_of_which_is_hidden-manual.html
      ✓ name_heading-combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_image-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_link-mixed-content-manual.html
      ✓ name_link-with-label-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_539-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_540-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_541-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_543-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_544-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_545-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_546-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_547-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_548-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_549-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_550-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_551-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_552-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_553-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_556-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_557-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_558-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_559-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_560-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_561-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_562-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_563-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_564-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_565-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_566-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_596-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_597-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_598-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_599-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_600-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_601-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_602-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_603-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_604-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_605-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_606-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_607-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_608-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_609-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_610-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_611-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_612-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_613-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_614-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_615-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_616-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_617-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_618-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_619-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_620-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_621-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_659-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_660-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_661-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_662-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_663a-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_721-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_723-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_724-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_725-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_726-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_727-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_728-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_729-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_730-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_731-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_733-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_734-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_735-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_736-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_737-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_738-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_739-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_740-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_741-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_742-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_743-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_744-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_745-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_746-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_747-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_748-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_749-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_750-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_751-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_752-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_753-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_754-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_755-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_756-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_757-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_758-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_759-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_760-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_761-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_762-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-title-manual.html

missing

visibility context (inherited but can reappear; currently reappearing wont't work)

Project health

Overall

3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

2/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

npm

dom-accessibility-api

Latest release

0.7.1 · Nov 27, 2025

Releases this year

Significant stargazers

Patrick H. Lauke

1,180 followers · starred Nov 2020

Ari Perkkiö

250 followers · starred Mar 2021

Robert Linder

81 followers · starred Mar 2022

Brandon Dail

1,871 followers · starred Jun 2021

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eps1lon/dom-accessibility-api

Implements https://w3c.github.io/accname/

JavaScript

127

913 commits

updated Apr 19, 2026

See the code

README

dom-accessibility-api

Azure DevOps coverage

Computes the accessible name or description of a given DOM Element. https://w3c.github.io/accname/ implemented in JavaScript for testing.

$ yarn add dom-accessibility-api

import {
	computeAccessibleName,
	computeAccessibleDescription,
} from "dom-accessibility-api";

I'm not an editor of any of the referenced specs (nor very experience with using them) so if you got any insights, something catches your eye please open an issue.

Supported environments

WARNING: Only active node versions are supported. Inactive node versions can stop working in a SemVer MINOR release.

ie 11
edge >= 14
firefox >= 52
chrome >= 49
safari >= 10
node 10.0

progress

Using https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt. Be sure to init submodules when cloning. See the test readme for more info about the test setup.

browser (Chrome)

153/159

jsdom

report 138/159 passing of which 15 are due `::before { content }`, one might be a wrong test, 5 are pathological

  web-platform-tests
    accname
      ✓ [expected fail] description_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] description_from_content_of_describedby_element-manual.html
      ✓ description_link-with-label-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_557-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_664-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_665-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_666-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_772-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_773-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_774-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_838-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_broken_reference-manual.html
      ✓ description_test_case_one_valid_reference-manual.html
      ✓ description_title-same-element-manual.html
      ✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_1.0_combobox-focusable-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-listbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-embedded-textbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-label-multiple-label-manual.html
      ✓ name_checkbox-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-elements-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_file-label-inline-block-styles-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-inline-hidden-elements-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-label-owned-combobox-owned-listbox-manual.html
      ✓ name_file-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_label-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_labelledby_element-manual.html
      ✓ name_from_content_of_labelledby_elements_one_of_which_is_hidden-manual.html
      ✓ name_heading-combobox-focusable-alternative-manual.html
      ✓ name_image-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_link-mixed-content-manual.html
      ✓ name_link-with-label-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_password-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_radio-title-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_539-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_540-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_541-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_543-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_544-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_545-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_546-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_547-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_548-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_549-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_550-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_551-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_552-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_553-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_556-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_557-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_558-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_559-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_560-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_561-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_562-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_563-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_564-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_565-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_566-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_596-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_597-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_598-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_599-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_600-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_601-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_602-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_603-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_604-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_605-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_606-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_607-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_608-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_609-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_610-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_611-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_612-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_613-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_614-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_615-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_616-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_617-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_618-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_619-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_620-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_621-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_659-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_660-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_661-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_662-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_663a-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_721-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_723-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_724-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_725-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_726-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_727-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_728-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_729-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_730-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_731-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_733-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_734-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_735-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_736-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_737-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_738-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_739-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_740-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_741-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_742-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_743-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_744-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_745-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_746-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_747-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_748-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_749-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_750-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_751-manual.html
      ✓ name_test_case_752-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_753-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_754-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_755-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_756-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_757-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_758-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_759-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_760-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_761-manual.html
      ✓ [expected fail] name_test_case_762-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-combobox-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-menu-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-select-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-slider-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-label-embedded-spinbutton-manual.html
      ✓ name_text-title-manual.html

missing

visibility context (inherited but can reappear; currently reappearing wont't work)

Project health

Overall

3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

2/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

npm

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Latest release

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Releases this year

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250 followers · starred Mar 2021

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