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How can I make Owl Carousel dot navigation buttons accessible?

I'm trying to get rid of all of the issues reported by the Google Chrome Lighthouse Audit. I'm slowly progressing but I have a problem with 'accessible buttons'.
These buttons are the "dots navigation" from the Owl Carousel 2 library and it seems that they are not really accessible. This is the Lighthouse info:
When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers.
Failing Elements
button.owl-dot.active
button.owl-dot
I can not really manipulate the code responsible for generating the dots-navbar and I'm wondering, what'd be the best approach in this case. I need to add the name attribute with the "Previous" and "Next" values I guess but should I add that attribute with JS ? Have You guys encountered such an issue with Owl 2 ? If so - please let me know because maybe there is another, better way to do that.
Best Regards,

Since it's a jQuery plugin I'd just use jQuery in the onInitialized and onResized callbacks to add offscreen text nodes to the buttons:
<style>
.offscreen {
position: absolute;
left: -999em;
}
</style>
<button><span></span><span class="offscreen">Go to slide 3</span></button>
<!-- the first span is there by default -->
That might look something like this:
let owl = $('.owl-carousel').owlCarousel({
// ...,
onInitialized: addDotButtonText,
onResized: addDotButtonText
});
function addDotButtonText() {
// loop through each dot element
$('.owl-dot').each(function() {
// remove old text nodes
$(this).find('.offscreen').remove();
// grab its (zero-based) order in the series
let idx = $(this).index() + 1;
// append a span to the button containing descriptive text
$(this).append('<span class="offscreen">Go to slide ' + idx + '</span>');
});
}
Fiddle demo
If you feel like the dots simply aren't useful to screen reader users, and are ok with them having only the previous and next buttons (which are already accessible) for navigation, you could effectively hide the dots to them in the callback and reduce unnecessary distraction:
$('.owl-dots').attr('aria-hidden', 'true');
This is probably a debatable strategy as we should strive to offer the same level of interaction to all users. However, since screen reader users may not have a use for slider controls to begin with, since all slides should be readable at all times, it's maybe not an issue at all.

Getting an image to fly from location a to location b

I'm not really sure where to begin with this. The sort of effect I'm looking for is what you would see at the beginning of a game of solitaire. I had a look in the jquery and jqueryui libraries to see if there was any event/effects called fly (or anything similarly named) and didn't see anything. What combo of events/effects will give me the desired outcome?

For a solitaire effect I would simply:
Move it to the position it should go to fast, probably under a second.
No easing, or very little bounce ease.
No fade..
At least that is how I remember the beginning of solitaire. It is actually a simple effect, the thing is that it goes fast but there are lots of cards. If there were just say, one card, then you would probably not even notice it.
jQuery .animate
$( document ).ready(function() {
$( "#boxtoanimate" ).animate({
top: 100, //Where it should go..
left: 100
}, 500 ); //How quick to animte
});
By the way, I'd suggest GSAP over jQuery for heavier animations if you go into it, it is better for performance and also easier to manage many animations at once. Check it out:
https://greensock.com/jump-start-js

Moving content blocks using javascript for responsive design

I'm working on a highly responsive website at the moment and I hit 2 areas where certain blocks of content need to move to others areas of the site. It would not be possible to do so purely with CSS. I suppose I could relatively reposition the blocks but as the dimensions change this isn;t really possible.
The option I am thinking of is, when a media query gets triggered, to then pull a block out of the page and append it in elsewhere where I need it.
I realise this is not ideal bit what I am wanting to ask is if this is a reasonable thing to so.
I know some of you may say reorder some of the markup but that is not possible. As stated above, I know falling back to javascript is not ideal but it would suit this and I don't particularly wish to duplicate content just so I can avoid the use of javascript.
Flexbox would be perfect but support is not where I want it to be currently for me to use that.
What do people here think? Any other solutions?

The right way is to listen to media queries using MediaQueryList:
var mql = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 320px)");
mql.addListener(function(event) {
if(event.matches) {
// Window width is less than or equal to 320, do something cool.
} else {
// Window width is more than 320, do something else.
}
});
The events will trigger when the query is either met or 'unmet'.
Alternatively, you can listen to a resize event, but note your function will get triggered for every new dimension. (Assuming jQuery in the code below.)
$(window).resize(function() {
if($(window).width() <= 320) {
// Window width is less than or equal to 320, do something cool.
} else {
// Window width is more than 320, do something else.
}
});
Like you said yourself though, using JS to make your layout responsive is generally NOT advisable. You can never assume all your users have JS enabled and all goes well.
I would rather see you solve this by restructuring your HTML and CSS. If the content layout has to change a lot, try outputting a block of content in two different places in your HTML and toggling visibility with CSS media queries (setting one to display:none; and the other to display:block;). You should be able to solve most responsive layout issues by rethinking your website structure.

Others looking for a solution may be interested in the Bootstrap Toolkit JS library available here: https://github.com/maciej-gurban/responsive-bootstrap-toolkit
Responsive Bootstrap Toolkit provides an easy way of breakpoint
detection in JavaScript, detecting changes in currently active
breakpoint, as well as executing any breakpoint-specific JavaScript
code.
The SASS module enables quick and simple styling for elements needing
different property values for each screen resolution.
Then you can do things like:
(function($, document, window, viewport){
// Listen to resize event
$(window).bind('resize', function() {
// Default 300ms poll delay
viewport.changed(function() {
// Debug
console.log( 'Current breakpoint: '+ viewport.current() );
// Trigger custom event
$('body').trigger('viewportChanged', [viewport.current()]);
}, 300)
});
// Register event listener
$(document).on('viewportChanged', 'body', function(event, current) {
console.log('Current breakpoint: '+ current);
}
})(jQuery, document, window, ResponsiveBootstrapToolkit);

You could check out some of the already available responsive design HTML boilerplates like Twitter Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation. Maybe their existing configurations satisfy your need.

I have a similar problem on two websites and i do:
JavaScript/jQuery with the window re size event and have breakpoints in JavaScript to. I then remove the item and append/prepend it where i want it to be.
On my other website i use Twitter Bootstrap which is very responsive and looks nice.
I would personally go with Twitter Bootstrap as its a nice grid system. If your site is very complex and cant be done using Twitter Bootstrap them capturing the window re size event is the best way.
$(window).resize(function() {
//Use $(window).width() and maybe some ifs/a switch to handle break points
if($(window).width()<700){
//Move it here
}
});

With CSS and JS it can be done :) You can clone the content to another section with jquery (append), then using media queries you can control what shows.
Here is what I do:
I do the appendTo:
$( $('.goto').html() ).appendTo('.mobile')
Here's an example I did:
http://jsfiddle.net/Riskbreaker/vkfWd/
This might not be what you are looking for (since its really not moving it but cloning the content )but this is the way I do it.

Adding animation to this testimonial slider

I have created a slider using CSS3 to display my testimonials.. Now I need to add some animation to this slider using Jquery. But I dont have any idea how to use Jquery with this slider.. and what are the suitable plugin for this. So anybody can tell me How can I add an animation to this slider?
any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Here is a link to the slider code: jsfiddle.net/XJVYj/82

I think it will be very hard to find a Plugin that exactly matches your code. But I could code you the jQuery stuff for it. But then I would have two Questions.
How much of the CSS can I change? Or should it also still work without js activated?
Are you staying with a number of 3 items in the future? Or do you want to change the number of slides dynamically?
// EDIT
OK it works now. I know its not very elegant, but I dont wanted to change too much of your code. So I just had to edit two of your css selectors (I commented the old one out). You also wanna notice, that with this solution your old method still works when javascript is disabled.
The jQuery Code follows...
$("div.one").css({"left":0, "opacity":1});
$("div.two").css({"left":300, "opacity":1});
$("div.three").css({"left":600, "opacity":1});
$("input#first").click(function(){
$("div.one").animate({left:0},600);
$("div.two").animate({left:300},600);
$("div.three").animate({left:600},600);
});
$("input#second").click(function(){
$("div.one").animate({left:-300},600);
$("div.two").animate({left:0},600);
$("div.three").animate({left:300},600);
});
$("input#third").click(function(){
$("div.one").animate({left:-600},600);
$("div.two").animate({left:-300},600);
$("div.three").animate({left:0},600);
});​
jsfiddle.net/mYhEV/2/
Hope it helps.
PS: For a cleaner solution you would have to rethink a bit. One method would be to put all the sliders in a wrapper and just moving this wrapper instead of moving.

Try Using these:
Flex Slider
Timelinr
SmartGallery
Skitter

There is documentation literally right in the script file which has options you can use:
$.tiny.carousel = {
options: {
start: 1, // where should the carousel start?
display: 1, // how many blocks do you want to move at 1 time?
axis: 'x', // vertical or horizontal scroller? ( x || y ).
controls: true, // show left and right navigation buttons.
pager: false, // is there a page number navigation present?
interval: false, // move to another block on intervals.
intervaltime: 3000, // interval time in milliseconds.
rewind: false, // If interval is true and rewind is true it will play in reverse if the last slide is reached.
animation: true, // false is instant, true is animate.
duration: 1000, // how fast must the animation move in ms?
callback: null // function that executes after every move.
}
};
Secifcally: animation: true, // false is instant, true is animate.
Try setting the animation to true when you call the slider on your element (you provided no script code so I can't edit it for you.)
$('YOUR_SLIDERr').tinycarousel({ animation: true });​

Load Galleria when navigating to specific Jquerytools tab

I'm having trouble to integrate the Galleria image gallery plugin onto one of my Jquerytools tabs. When navigating directly to the page with Galleria (example: www.domain.com/index.php#tabnameofgalleriapane), there's no problem.
Whenever the pane with galleria is not loaded immediately (default pane is another pane), Gallery throws an error: Fatal error: Could not extract a stage height from the CSS. Traced height: 0px., which is logical, because when the Galleria pane is not active, it's css is probably display:none;...
Defining the height & width literally does not seem to work. This was the previous setup:
jQuery("#jp_nav").tabs(".jp_pane", { history: true } );
jQuery('#gallery').galleria({
imageCrop: false,
transition: 'slide',
autoplay: 7000,
width: 960,
height: 640
});
So I was thinking to bind the load of the Galleria plugin onload of the pane that contains the Galleria plugin, because in that moment, the Galleria pane does have a height... I've found something to help me on my way, but now I'm getting other JavaScript conflict errors (see below for explanation).
jQuery("#jp_nav").tabs(".jp_pane", {
initialIndex: 0,
onBeforeClick: function(event, i) {
// get the pane to be opened
var pane = this.getPanes().eq(i);
var src = this.getTabs().eq(i).attr("href");
pane.load(src, "#jp_images", function(){
jQuery('#gallery').galleria({
imageCrop: false,
transition: 'slide',
autoplay: 7000,
width: 960,
height: 640
});
});
},
history: true
});
For reasons beyond my control, the website I'm writing this for uses both jQuery and Prototype/Scriptaculous. So please take into account that the script has to be written in noConflict mode. (Which I'm doing in my setup $.noConflict();)
Can someone please tell me if the script below puts me on the right track?
Can someone help me modify the script to work when the #jp_images tab is loaded?
Right now, the above script gives me conflict errors with Prototype.
Anxiously awaiting your expert views!
Regards,
Maarten

I've managed to find a quick and dirty solution (thanks to vfxdude)
Anytime the tab with the Galleria is clicked, I force a page reload, like so:
tabName = 'jp_images';
jQuery('#jp_nav a[href="#'+tabName+'"]').click(function() { if (location.hash == '') location.replace(location.href+'/#'+tabName); });
After this, I can just use the regular old Galleria plugin initialisation.
Granted, it is a little dirty, but it's an easy and quick fix for when on a deadline.