ControlPlane UI Kit
The "Zero-Infra" React + Tailwind UI Kit for SaaS.
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The "Zero-Infra" React + Tailwind UI Kit for SaaS.
8 followers
ControlPlane UI Kit is a premium collection of "zero infrastructure" React + Tailwind components designed for building modern SaaS dashboards quickly. Accelerate your development without complex dependencies, just clean, customizable UI.
Zero-infra UI kit sounds perfect for rapid SaaS development! Quick question: how much accessibility is baked into the components?
Things like keyboard navigation, focus management, ARIA labels; are these handled out-of-the-box or left to the developer?
Congrats!
Hi @halyticai
Thanks a lot for the kind words and the excellent question! Accessibility (`a11y`) is absolutely critical, especially for a UI kit aiming to be production-ready for SaaS.
This isn't something left to chance or entirely to the developer. My approach leverages a combination of best practices:
1. Headless UI Integration: For complex interactive components like the `Command Menu`, `Dropdowns`, and `Modals`, I've built them on top of [Headless UI](https://headlessui.com/) primitives. This is a game-changer because Headless UI provides **out-of-the-box keyboard navigation, focus management, and ARIA attributes (roles, states, properties) according to WAI-ARIA best practices. This handles a significant portion of the `a11y` heavy lifting.
2. Semantic HTML: For simpler components (Buttons, Inputs, etc.), the underlying HTML is semantic by design, using appropriate tags (``, ``, ``, etc.) to ensure a good baseline for screen readers and assistive technologies.
3. Tailwind CSS for Visuals: Tailwind handles the styling, but it doesn't interfere with the underlying semantic structure or `a11y` attributes. This means you get full styling flexibility without compromising accessibility.
What's handled out-of-the-box:
-Keyboard Navigation: For interactive elements (tabs, menus, dialogs).
-Focus Management: Correct handling of focus within dialogs, menus, etc.
-ARIA Attributes: Automatically applied by Headless UI where appropriate.
-Basic Semantic Structure: For all components.
What's left to the developer (and why):
-Content-Specific ARIA Labels/Descriptions: While the components handle the structural ARIA, you'll still need to provide meaningful `aria-label` or `aria-describedby` for custom content or unique contexts (e.g., describing a specific input's purpose beyond its visible label, or providing alt text for images). This is inherently content-specific and always falls to the implementer.
-Color Contrast: While I've used common color palettes, ensuring your specific implementation meets WCAG contrast ratios across *all* custom text and background combinations is ultimately your responsibility.
-Overall Page Structure: The kit provides components, but ensuring the global page structure (e.g., correct heading hierarchy `h1, h2`, skip links) is up to the page builder.
So, in short, I've integrated robust `a11y` foundations through Headless UI and semantic HTML, handling many of the common pitfalls. You get a strong starting point, allowing you to focus on your unique content's accessibility needs.
Hope this clarifies things! Let me know if you have any other questions.