In Drupal 8, several very important accessibility improvements landed:
- #1915302: Provide an API for aria-live region update announcements that module developers may leverage
- #1913086: Generalize the overlay tabbing management into a utility library
This module exists to simplify using and testing these APIs.
Drupal.announceannouncements- Can override
Drupal.announce()to not only announce UI changes via ARIA live regions, but to also log these aural announcements to the browser console. Drupal.TabbingManagertabbing constraints- Can log when tabbing is constrained and visually indicate which elements are reachable.
Requirements
This module requires the following modules:
Configuration
Go to Administration » Configuration » Development » Devel settings » Devel Accessibility settings to configure which accessibility development tools you want to enable.
Maintainers
Supporting organizations:
Project information
Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers.- Project categories: Accessibility, Developer tools
- Ecosystem: Devel
379 sites report using this module
- Created by wim leers on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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Releases
2.0.0
released 4 December 2025
Works with Drupal: ^11.2
Install:
Development version: 2.x-dev updated 8 Dec 2025 at 15:58 UTC
8.x-1.4
released 15 June 2024
Works with Drupal: ^10 || ^11
Install:
Development version: 8.x-1.x-dev updated 15 Jun 2024 at 06:29 UTC



