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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-27843 META: Accessibility compliance for 2.x
  3. MDL-30847

contextual help menu is not easily accessed by screen reader users

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    • MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
    • MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
    • MDL-30847_master
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      You will need a screen reader (like NVDA - www.nvda-project.org) to test this issue

      1. Start the screen reader
      2. Login into Moodle
      3. Go to My profile settings -> Edit profile
      4. Walk through the page elements with the tab button, when you reach a help button and you focus over it you SHOULD read / hear "expanded subMenu link"
      5. Click the help icon, you SHOULD hear (NVDA with default config.) the help message
      6. Repeat the same process with JS disabled, you SHOULD also be able to hear the help message, including if you disable JS through browser settings are the help content it's opened in the same moodle window you are in

      The behaviour must be the same for all moodle help buttons.

      Repeat the process in a visual browser and verify that everything works as expected

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      You will need a screen reader (like NVDA - www.nvda-project.org) to test this issue Start the screen reader Login into Moodle Go to My profile settings -> Edit profile Walk through the page elements with the tab button, when you reach a help button and you focus over it you SHOULD read / hear "expanded subMenu link" Click the help icon, you SHOULD hear (NVDA with default config.) the help message Repeat the same process with JS disabled, you SHOULD also be able to hear the help message, including if you disable JS through browser settings are the help content it's opened in the same moodle window you are in The behaviour must be the same for all moodle help buttons. Repeat the process in a visual browser and verify that everything works as expected

    Description

      When opening the help window, there is no notification that something has opened. It just says there is a link there and focuses on to the close graphic, which has no alt text. There are some simple ARIA attributes that can be added to this window to solve this problem.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-46249 Dialog box message text is not accessed/ read by screen readers

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has a non-specific relationship to

          Sub-task - Issues are sometimes broken into multiple sub-tasks. MDL-28235 Improve accessibility of close help popups

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          is duplicated by

          Sub-task - Issues are sometimes broken into multiple sub-tasks. MDL-35831 Help modal breaks focus order

          • Critical - Crashes server, loss of data, severe memory leak
          • Closed

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              dmonllao David Monllaó
              gdkraus Greg Kraus
              Rajesh Taneja Rajesh Taneja
              Dan Poltawski Dan Poltawski
              Tim Barker Tim Barker
              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                12/Nov/12