---
id: kibDevDocsOpsEslintPluginEuiA11y
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/ops/kbn-eslint-plugin-eui-a11y
title: '@kbn/eslint-plugin-eui-a11y'
description: Custom ESLint rules to support a11y on Eui components in the Kibana repository
tags: ['kibana', 'dev', 'contributor', 'operations', 'eslint', 'eui-a11y']
---

`@kbn/eslint-plugin-eui-a11y` is an ESLint plugin providing custom rules for validating JSXCode in the Kibana repo for accessibility (a11y) (i.e. aria) tags on Eui components.

## `@kbn/eui-a11y/eui_elements_should_have_aria_label_or_aria_labelledby_props`

This rule warns engineers to add `aria-label` to certain EUI components, and offers a suggestion for a value.

If an `aria-label` or `aria-labelledby` prop is already found, the rule does not warn. Existing values are never overwritten.

It is currently set to respond to a subset of EUI components which reasonably need an `aria-label`: `EuiButtonIcon`, `EuiButtonEmpty`, `EuiSelect`, `EuiSuperSelect`.

The rule attempts to create a reasonable suggestion for a value depending on the context of the component (i.e. app name, filename, function name, values inside children).

It then create a i18.translate function and uses the suggestion for a defaultMessage.

### Examples:

```
/* file is in `x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/public/components/fleet_integration/apm_agents/runtime_attachment/discovery_rule.tsx` */

<EuiButtonIcon
    iconType="pencil"
    onClick={() => {
        onEdit(id);
    }}
/>
```

turns into:

```
<EuiButtonIcon
    aria-label={i18n.translate('xpack.apm.discoveryRule.pencilButton.ariaLabel', {
        defaultMessage: 'Pencil',
    })}
    iconType="pencil"
    onClick={() => {
        onEdit(id);
    }}
/>
```

Another example:

```
/* file is in: `x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/infra/public/components/foo.tsx` */

const Foo = ({ ... }: Props) => (
  <EuiFormRow>
    <EuiComboBox
      ...
    />
  </EuiFormRow>
);
```

gets transformed into:

```
const Foo = ({ ... }: Props) => (
  <EuiFormRow aria-label={i18n.translate('xpack.infra.foo.ariaLabel', {
      defaultMessage: 'Foo',
    })}>
    <EuiComboBox
      ...
    />
  </EuiFormRow>
);
```

### I want to add / remove this behavior for a particular EuiElement

See the `EUI_ELEMENTS` array in `packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eui-a11y/rules/eui_elements_should_have_aria_label_or_aria_labelledby_props.ts` to see or adjust the list.

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