The following is a list of Accessibility improvements being made in the February 2024 release:
Keyboard focus / Interactive elements
Interactive elements have been made entirely compatible with a keyboard. Improvements made:
- Keyboard focus is no longer trapped - Dashboards
- Non-interactive table elements no longer receive keyboard focus - Reg & Certs Grid
- Interactive elements have visible focus indicator - Resource Centre
- EPAPro settings: keyboard navigation no longer stuck on 'Clear' button of Connections filter
- Correct mouse/keyboard focus in Learning Plan Screen
Programmatically unidentified element
Interactive elements need a programmatically determined name, role, and value. These properties must also be accurate and appropriate. Improvements made:
- Table uses grid semantics appropriately - Learners Grid
- Table header tags used appropriately - Signatures Grid
- Colour no longer solely relied upon to communicate information - Tasks
- Progress bar has been programmatically declared - Dashboards
- Table header tags used appropriately - Reg & Certs Grid
- Error messages that appear on submission now have programmatic call-to-action - File Uploader
- Progress bar now programmatically declared - Onboarding Steps
- Menu semantics used appropriately on dropdown - Reg & Certs Grid
- No longer missing or malformed ARIA on collapsible listbox - Learners Grid
- No longer missing or malformed ARIA on collapsible listbox - Skills Radar
- Current page is programmatically identified - Onboarding Steps
Contrast
When components have custom focus indication, such as a custom ‘outline’, the indication must pass colour contrast requirements with adjacent colours. Improvement made:
- Sufficient contrast for the interactive elements – Settings