Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

Written by Andrea Fercia & Joe Dolson WordPress 4.2 is shipping with a useful new JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within…

Question for the test team We would like you to investigate the links and link texts on wp-admin/edit.php page and suggest better solutions for the link texts, how to make them understandable and unique, without overloading a screen reader user with a huge amount of extra text. Hidden text suggestions (screen reader only) are welcome…

Question for the test team We like you to test the search function options in the WordPress Admin. We know there are accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect…

Send to the test team March 26, 2015 For WordPress 4.2-beta2 Question We would like you to test the “Press This” categories selection in You can access Press This directly in WordPress, at: /wp-admin/press-this.php After the editor, you will find a “Post Options” area where you can set the Post format, Categories and Tags. About Categories, it’s…

Another month has passed, and work on the AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)…

Last week, two patches were tested: #31522 – Quicktags: use aria-label to improve accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for…

During the testing our #wpa11y test team finds extra issues, not covered by the issue they are testing, but very useful to report. So here is a summary of issues found: Quicktags-toolbar with keyboard only: Reported by @gab-nino Buttons icons or labels The present menu use HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is…

Meeting log on Slack Last week, two patches were tested: #31415 – PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and…

This week, the team covered a range of topics, mostly giving each other updates on ongoing projects. Chat archive in Slack. We talked about the accessible theme pattern library, which is ongoing. I’m leading this effort, and hope to hit 10 patterns before starting on a handbook for the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y)…

Sometimes our weekly test sessions unearth issues outside of the scope of the patches and functionality that we’re testing. These issues are usually quick to resolve, but sometimes they require more deliberation to find an elegant solution. One of those issues is dealing with compound settings. The way they are currently structured makes these settings…