10 tips for building accessible text editors

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  • nvda

    NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows

  • For Windows users there's nvda (free) which is also the most widely used.

  • ProseMirror

    The ProseMirror WYSIWYM editor

  • Most frameworks (draft.js, slate.js and prosemirror as well as others) render this by default, but it's always good to double check this!

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Material UI

    Ready-to-use foundational React components, free forever. It includes Material UI, which implements Google's Material Design.

  • Using established component libraries will give you a leg-up on reaching a good accessibility baseline. Reach.ui, material ui and chakra are all react libraries that have decent accessibility defaults.

  • Draft.js

    Discontinued A React framework for building text editors.

  • Most frameworks (draft.js, slate.js and prosemirror as well as others) render this by default, but it's always good to double check this!

  • chakra-ui

    ⚡️ Simple, Modular & Accessible UI Components for your React Applications

  • Using established component libraries will give you a leg-up on reaching a good accessibility baseline. Reach.ui, material ui and chakra are all react libraries that have decent accessibility defaults.

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