The main issue is that screen readers don't read out the options when the combo box is opened (pressing up/down visually changes the focused item but doesn't give any audio feedback) - patch for this incoming
** Description changed: - Mahara has recently upgraded to select2 4.0, but there appear to be outstanding accessibility issues with this version, eg. https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/3735 + Mahara has recently upgraded to select2 4.0, but there appear to be outstanding accessibility issues with this version, eg. https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/3735 and https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/3744 These need to be evaluated and fixed (more info coming when I've found out how serious they are ...) In addition, the user manual might need to be updated with a description of the new focus behaviour (needing to press Enter before starting to type) - however, an alternative could be to include this as an accessible description on the page itself. Affects latest master ** Changed in: mahara Assignee: (unassigned) => Jono Mingard (mingard) ** Changed in: mahara Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492081 Title: Accessibility problems with select2 4.0 Status in Mahara: In Progress Bug description: Mahara has recently upgraded to select2 4.0, but there appear to be outstanding accessibility issues with this version, eg. https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/3735 and https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/3744 These need to be evaluated and fixed (more info coming when I've found out how serious they are ...) In addition, the user manual might need to be updated with a description of the new focus behaviour (needing to press Enter before starting to type) - however, an alternative could be to include this as an accessible description on the page itself. Affects latest master To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1492081/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
