Opened 11 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#27592 closed defect (bug) (fixed)
Screen Reader Users Do Not Know Widgets are Expandable
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.9 |
| Component: | Widgets | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | accessibility, administration | Cc: |
Description (last modified by )
The issue: When testing the new Widget customizer with a screen reader (in this case Mac OS 10.2 with Voiceover and Chrome), the arrow links for #available-widgets (within Widgets) do announce to screen readers, but only as "Link". Essentially, these are empty links and have little semantic meaning.
What I expected: Some way to know via announcement with the screen reader that the heading elements are expandable.
Related ticket: #27591
Recommendation: (Good) Put meaniful link text inside the a href to give it meaning. I'd also consider rearranging the source order since it goes to the links first, and you don't get the context of the heading. (Better and similar to above) Use a similar markup pattern to this accessible accordion that relies heavily on WAI-ARIA: http://hanshillen.github.io/jqtest/#goto_accordion
Change History (8)
#2
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11 years ago
- Component changed from Appearance to Widgets
- Summary changed from Screen Reader Users Do Not Know Widgets in Theme Customizer are Expandable to Screen Reader Users Do Not Know Widgets are Expandable
#3
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10 years ago
- Keywords needs-patch added
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to Future Release
Same for Widgets screen.
Let's use this ticket for widgets and #27591 for customizer.