Accessibility Issues in the Koha Manual
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This is a wiki page containing the results of automated accessibility tests on the Koha Manual. The tests were performed at the beginning of April 2024 on the "latest" build of the manual. For Accessibility info relating to development of Koha itself, see https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Accessibility.
Tools used
- W3C Validator: http://validator.w3.org/
- Chrome Add-on Silktide Accessibility Checker: https://silktide.com/tools/toolbar/ (only on Chrome, not usable in Firefox)
- Asqatasun: https://asqatasun.org/ (French tool, checks for RGAA compliance)
Results
- Contrast is not high enough for text elements, especially the left menu panel using gray text on gray background. Generally the contrast is also not high enough for links, the blue color used is too low contrast to the background (or the text is too small). The notes are also not high contrast enough, especially "note", "important" and "warning".
- Searchbox: the "Search docs" search box should have a submit button as people using some accessibility tech need a submit button to actually be able to use it
- Links to missing anchors: There are some links in the manual that do not link to the correct anchors. E.g. in circulation the link to <a class="reference external" href="#fastaddpermissions">fast_cataloging</a> does not link to an id #fastaddpermissions because there is none!
- Focus order (unsure about this one): The focus order is first the heading "Koha manual", then the searchbox, then all of the links in the left menu. That means it takes like 60 tab presses to finally get to the contents of the manual page you are on.
- Seems like a lot to me, but I don't know if it's the expected behaviour.
- It was suggested to add a link e.g. before the search box that goes "directly to the content of the page".