Accessibility With Custom Alternative Text

In addition to the standard cell text, SpreadJS also supports custom alternative (alt) text for graphic contents like floating objects, pictures, charts, and shapes. The alt text can also contain placeholders for the cell values. For example, if the cell value is 1000 and the alt text is "Sales amount is {value}", the final accessible content will be "Sales amount is 1000"

SpreadJS regards cell type text, cell text, cell formula and cell comment as alternative text, which could match most cases. But for some special cases, such as icons in a cell, a user could set the cell's alternative text. The class GC.Spread.Sheets.Worksheet has the method setAltText and getAltText. The class GC.Spread.Sheets.CellRange has the method altText. For the graphics contents, including pictures, charts and shapes, SpreadJS can't provide proper alternative texts, but a user could. The class GC.Spread.Sheets.FloatingObjects.Picture has the method alt. The class GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.Chart has the method alt. The class GC.Spread.Sheets.Shapes.Shape, class GC.Spread.Sheets.Shapes.ConnectorShape and class GC.Spread.Sheets.Shapes.GroupShape have the method alt.
window.onload = function () { var spread = new GC.Spread.Sheets.Workbook(_getElementById('ss'), { sheetCount: 1 }); initSpread(spread); }; function initSpread(spread) { spread.suspendPaint(); //enable accessibility spread.options.enableAccessibility = true; //set focus spread.focus(); //change the commands related to Tab key, Shift key with Tab key var commands = spread.commandManager(); //TAB commands.register("moveToNextCellThenControl", GC.Spread.Sheets.Commands.moveToNextCellThenControl, GC.Spread.Commands.Key.tab, false, false, false, false); //SHIFT+TAB commands.register("moveToPreviousCellThenControl", GC.Spread.Sheets.Commands.moveToPreviousCellThenControl, GC.Spread.Commands.Key.tab, false, true, false, false); var sheet = spread.getActiveSheet(); //set default row height and column width sheet.defaults.rowHeight = 50; sheet.defaults.colWidth = 150; //set default horizontal alignment and vertical alignment var defaultStyle = sheet.getDefaultStyle(); defaultStyle.hAlign = GC.Spread.Sheets.HorizontalAlign.center; defaultStyle.vAlign = GC.Spread.Sheets.VerticalAlign.center; sheet.setDefaultStyle(defaultStyle); //bind data source sheet.setDataSource(dataSource); var p1 = sheet.pictures.add("p1", "$DEMOROOT$/spread/source/images/apple.jpg", 50, 50, 200, 200); p1.alt("this is a apple image"); p1.borderColor("rgba(20, 119, 167, 1)"); p1.borderWidth(2); p1.borderStyle("solid"); var c1 = sheet.charts.add("c1", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ChartType.columnCluster, 50, 300, 400, 400, "C1:D5"); c1.alt("this is a column chart"); var chartArea = c1.chartArea(); chartArea.border.color = "rgba(20, 119, 167, 1)"; chartArea.border.width = 2; c1.chartArea(chartArea); var sp1 = sheet.shapes.add("sp1", GC.Spread.Sheets.Shapes.AutoShapeType.sun, 300, 50, 200, 200); sp1.alt("this is a sun shape"); spread.resumePaint(); //bind events to set alternative text function setAltText(collection, altText) { var success = false; collection.forEach(function (obj) { if (obj.isSelected()) { obj.alt(altText); success = true; } }); return success; } var alternativeText = document.getElementById("alternativeText"); document.getElementById("setAlternativeText").addEventListener("click", function () { var altText = alternativeText.value; var success = setAltText(sheet.pictures.all(), altText); if (success) { return; } success = setAltText(sheet.charts.all(), altText); if (success) { return; } setAltText(sheet.shapes.all(), altText); }); spread.bind(GC.Spread.Sheets.Events.PictureChanged, function (event, args) { if (args.propertyName === "isSelected" && args.picture.isSelected()) { alternativeText.value = args.picture.alt(); } }); spread.bind(GC.Spread.Sheets.Events.FloatingObjectChanged, function (event, args) { var floatingObject = args.floatingObject; if (floatingObject && floatingObject instanceof GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.Chart) { if (args.propertyName === "isSelected" && floatingObject.isSelected()) { alternativeText.value = floatingObject.alt(); } } }); spread.bind(GC.Spread.Sheets.Events.ShapeChanged, function (event, args) { if (args.propertyName === "isSelected" && args.shape.isSelected()) { alternativeText.value = args.shape.alt(); } }); var cellAlternativeText = document.getElementById("cellAlternativeText"); spread.bind(GC.Spread.Sheets.Events.SelectionChanged, function (event, args) { var sheet = args.sheet; cellAlternativeText.value = sheet.getAltText(sheet.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet.getActiveColumnIndex()) || ""; }); document.getElementById("setCellAlternativeText").addEventListener("click", function () { sheet.setAltText(sheet.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet.getActiveColumnIndex(), cellAlternativeText.value); }); } function _getElementById(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
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.sample-tutorial { height: 100%; overflow: hidden; } .sample-spreadsheets { width: calc(100% - 280px); height: 100%; overflow: hidden; float: left; } .options-container { float: right; width: 280px; padding: 12px; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: #fbfbfb; overflow: auto; } .option-row { font-size: 14px; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px; } #alternativeText { width: 240px; height: 120px; } #cellAlternativeText { width: 240px; height: 120px; } body { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; }