feat(core): add accessible prompt option

.changeset/dirty-forks-study.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clack/core': minor
+---
+
+Add an `accessible` option to the shared `PromptOptions` and a resolved `accessible` getter on the base `Prompt`, so any prompt can opt into accessible mode individually. Resolution order: per-prompt option > `updateSettings({ accessible })` > the `ACCESSIBLE` environment variable.

packages/core/src/prompts/prompt.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 	CANCEL_SYMBOL,
 	diffLines,
 	getRows,
+	isAccessible,
 	isActionKey,
 	setRawMode,
 	settings,
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ import { runValidation } from '../utils/validation.js';
 
 export interface PromptOptions<TValue, Self extends Prompt<TValue>> {
 	render(this: Omit<Self, 'prompt'>): string | undefined;
+	/**
+	 * Whether to render this prompt in accessible (static, screen-reader friendly) mode.
+	 * Takes precedence over the global `accessible` setting and the `ACCESSIBLE` env var.
+	 */
+	accessible?: boolean;
 	initialValue?: any;
 	initialUserInput?: string;
 
@@ -50,6 +56,15 @@ export default class Prompt<TValue> {
 	public value: TValue | undefined;
 	public userInput = '';
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether accessible (static, screen-reader friendly) output is enabled for
+	 * this prompt, resolved from the `accessible` option, the global setting,
+	 * and the `ACCESSIBLE` env var.
+	 */
+	public get accessible(): boolean {
+		return isAccessible(this.opts.accessible);
+	}
+
 	constructor(options: PromptOptions<TValue, Prompt<TValue>>, trackValue = true) {
 		const { input = stdin, output = stdout, render, signal, ...opts } = options;
 

packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { type } from 'arktype';
 import { cursor } from 'sisteransi';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { default as Prompt } from '../../src/prompts/prompt.js';
-import { isCancel } from '../../src/utils/index.js';
+import { isCancel, settings } from '../../src/utils/index.js';
 import { MockReadable } from '../mock-readable.js';
 import { MockWritable } from '../mock-writable.js';
 
@@ -315,6 +315,55 @@ describe('Prompt', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('accessible', () => {
+		const originalEnv = process.env.ACCESSIBLE;
+
+		afterEach(() => {
+			if (originalEnv === undefined) {
+				delete process.env.ACCESSIBLE;
+			} else {
+				process.env.ACCESSIBLE = originalEnv;
+			}
+			settings.accessible = undefined;
+		});
+
+		test('accessible: true option enables it', () => {
+			const instance = new Prompt({
+				input,
+				output,
+				render: () => 'foo',
+				accessible: true,
+			});
+
+			expect(instance.accessible).to.equal(true);
+		});
+
+		test('accessible: false option overrides the env var', () => {
+			process.env.ACCESSIBLE = '1';
+			const instance = new Prompt({
+				input,
+				output,
+				render: () => 'foo',
+				accessible: false,
+			});
+
+			expect(instance.accessible).to.equal(false);
+		});
+
+		test('falls through to the env var when option is unset', () => {
+			delete process.env.ACCESSIBLE;
+			const instance = new Prompt({
+				input,
+				output,
+				render: () => 'foo',
+			});
+
+			expect(instance.accessible).to.equal(false);
+			process.env.ACCESSIBLE = '1';
+			expect(instance.accessible).to.equal(true);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('standard schema', () => {
 		test('accepts invalid initial value', () => {
 			const instance = new Prompt<string>({