WordPress.org Admin bar: A11y feedback

[kimclow]

Type of feedback

//accessibility

Description

Hello! I saw the call for testing on http://learn.wordpress.org/ last week. I'm a few days late! But I thought I'd run the site through an A11y checker and the test has flagged 3 ARIA issues with the WordPress admin bar. I recognise the Admin Bar might automatically be pulling in from dot.org... so please let me know if I need to move this feedback elsewhere.

All three errors are:
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element
Ensures role attribute has an appropriate value for the element

The errors are being flagged for the following three links in the admin bar:

• Search
• My Account
• Language Switcher

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Step-by-step reproduction instructions (optional)

Please list the steps needed to reproduce or verify the feedback. For example:

1. Go to learn.wordpress.org
2. Run the site through an a11y checker. I use the Chrome extension axe DevTools
3. Review the results

Other information (optional)

I am using a MacBook Pro running Monterey 12.6.1
My browser is Chrome Version 126.0.6478.183 (Official Build) (arm64)

Thanks so much! The site looks great :-)

[kathrynwp]

Thanks for your testing, @kimclowa8c ! The admin bar is a site-wide feature across WordPress.org, rather than a feature unique to Learn.WordPress.org site.

@ndiego What would be the best repo for this, is it Meta Trac perhaps? https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ ?

[ndiego]

@ndiego What would be the best repo for this, is it Meta Trac perhaps? https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/

Yeah, since this is not directly related to the redesign effort, Meta Trac is a good spot.

[kathrynwp]

Thanks, @ndiego

@kimclowa8c I'm closing this out, but please go ahead and open a Meta Trac ticket to share your findings, if you don't already see an issue for this over there. Thanks!

https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/

[kimclow]

Will do. Thanks @ndiego and @kathrynwp

[kimclow]

I've added this to the Meta Trac: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7740

[joedolson]

Just following up that this should properly have been directed to be a core trac ticket; but I've closed the meta ticket and redirected conversation to the existing core ticket.

[kathrynwp]

Thanks for redirecting it, @joedolson !

[kimclow]

Thanks everyone!