import { Meta, Canvas } from '@storybook/blocks';
import * as GraphicBlockStories from './GraphicBlock.stories.svelte';
# GraphicBlock
The `GraphicBlock` component is a special derivative of the [Block](?path=/docs/components-page-layout-block--docs) component that wraps around your graphic. It also adds a title, description, notes and other text elements.
Many other Reuters Graphics components use `GraphicBlock` to wrap graphics with styled text.
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## Using with ai2svelte and ArchieML docs
The `GraphicBlock` component is built to handle [ai2svelte](https://github.com/reuters-graphics/ai2svelte) graphics in graphics kit.
You'll likely get your text value from an ArchieML doc...
```yaml
# ArchieML doc
[blocks]
type: ai-graphic
width: normal
chart: AiMap # IMPORTANT: This must match the name of the ai2svelte chart you import in App.svelte
title: Earthquake in Haiti
description: The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck at 8:29 a.m. EST, Aug. 14, 2021.
notes: \Note: A shakemap represents the ground shaking produced by an earthquake.
\Source: USGIS
:end
altText: A map that shows the shake intensity of the earthquake, which was worst in central Haiti.
:end
[]
```
... which you'll parse out of a ArchieML block object before passing to the `GraphicBlock` component.
To pass your ai2svelte graphic into `GraphicBlock` component, import your ai2svelte graphic at the top of `App.svelte` and add it to the `aiCharts` object.
> **Important❗:** Make sure that the value for `chart` in the ArchieML doc matches the name of the ai2svelte file imported in `App.svelte`.
```svelte
{#each content.blocks as block}
{#if block.type === 'ai-graphic'}
{#if !aiCharts[block.chart]}
{:else}
{@const AiChart = aiCharts[block.chart]}
{/if}
{/if}
{/each}
```
## Custom text
You can override the default styles for title and notes by making your own custom elements and passing them as `title` and `notes` [snippets](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/snippet) instead of as strings:
```svelte
{#snippet title()}
My smaller title
{/snippet}
{#snippet notes()}
{/snippet}
```
## ARIA descriptions
If the text in your chart isn't easily read by screen readers — for example, a map with annotations that wouldn't make sense without the visual — add an `ariaDescription` that describes the chart.
The `ariaDescription` string will be processed as markdown, so you can add multiple paragraphs, links, headers, etc. in markdown.
> **Note:** When you set an `ariaDescription`, your graphic will be automatically wrapped in a div with [aria-hidden="true"](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Attributes/aria-hidden), which tells screen readers to read the hidden ARIA description and skip the text in the graphic.
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## Custom ARIA descriptions
Sometimes, instead of a simple sentence, we want to provide a data table or something more complex as an ARIA description. To do this, pass the custom elements as an `ariaDescription` [snippet](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/snippet) instead of as a string, as in the [example above](?path=/docs/components-graphics-graphicblock--docs#aria-descriptions).
[Read this](https://accessibility.psu.edu/images/charts/) for more information on using screen reader data tables for charts.
> **Note:** The `customAria` snippet will override the `ariaDescription` and will also hide the text in your graphic from screen readers.
```svelte
{#snippet ariaDescription()}
A shakemap shows the intensity of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck
Haiti at 8:29 a.m. EST, Aug. 14, 2021.