[rt-devel] Patch to add aria labels to SelectionBox arrow buttons

[Keith Creasy]

Thanks Kevin.

I'm not sure how the executable bits got in there. I'll watch for that in the future.

I just noticed some other unlabeled buttons, this time in the widget where you edit columns included in a search. I'll fix that for us and can send a patch for that as well if you like.

Keith


-----Original Message-----
From: rt-devel [mailto:rt-devel-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Falcone
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 10:09 AM
To: rt-devel at lists.bestpractical.com
Subject: Re: [rt-devel] Patch to add aria labels to SelectionBox arrow buttons

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 09:55:32PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> 
> I tested with two screen readers but here is more information. It is widely supported.
> 
> For general information about WAI ARIA see 
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria
> 
> 
> Current support is at least mentioned at 
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA
> 
> 
> The bottom line is that using ARIA attributes breaks nothing, if 
> screen readers and browsers don't know about it then it is ignored. If 
> you or someone else wants to change the value of the button to have a 
> real label you can and, again, nothing is broken. There just isn't a 
> good reason not to use it here as a way to support accessibility 
> without having to change your user interface.

Thanks for the references.
I've pushed a branch with your patch (although I did fix the fact that you added executable bits somewhere along the line).  I'll merge it later today and it should show up in 4.2.6 when we release it.

-kevin