[WG: Accessibility] [Building Sakai] SAK-22041. Velocimacro change to support screen readers

[Aaron Zeckoski]

Looks like the issue describes an a11y problem:
"The chef_dateselectionwidget Velocity macro produces unlabeled input controls"
"The chef_dateselectionwidget Velocity macro produces unlabeled input
controls. This means that any tool using the macro is going to cause
problems for screen readers. The solution would be to pass parameters
for use in the title attributes of each of the select elements, but
this would need testing across all users of the macro. It's a real
shame that velocimacros won't take a parameter hash allowing us to
just test for the existence of the param within the macro code."
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23003

If not then it needs to adjusted to be correct.
If so, the accessibility group needs to comment on and agree with the
suggested solution before there is any discussion about the technical
methodology.

-AZ


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Adrian Fish <adrian.r.fish at gmail.com> wrote:
> None really. The macro never applies a title to the date selection inputs so
> all of the tools using the macro will be producing inaccessible markup to a
> degree. All I'm really after is somebody to validate,  or rubbish, what I
> think should be done. Hence my mail to the dev list.
>
> Cheers,
> Adrian.
>
>
> On 7 December 2012 15:29, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu> wrote:
>>
>> What input would you like from the accessibility group?
>>
>> Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist
>> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
>> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
>> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
>> Indianapolis, IN 46202
>> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
>> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
>> johumber at iupui.edu
>> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> [mailto:accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Aaron
>> Zeckoski
>> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 9:47 AM
>> To: Adrian Fish; accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> Cc: sakai-dev
>> Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] [Building Sakai] SAK-22041. Velocimacro
>> change to support screen readers
>>
>> Since this appears to be accessibility related it should go to the a11y
>> team.
>> -AZ
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Adrian Fish <adrian.r.fish at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Apologies for my abject idiocy. This is the ticket I meant ...
>> >
>> > https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23003
>> >
>> > I'm not surprised you didn't quite follow :)
>> >
>> >
>> > On 7 December 2012 13:19, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm not quite following. Is this a question and the patches from
>> >> David M? If so, there are lots of comments in the ticket but the
>> >> short version is that I think more work is required before this could
>> >> go into core (it's definitely not OK to go in as it is today).
>> >>
>> >> -AZ
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Adrian Fish <adrian.r.fish at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I'd like a bit of input on a bug ticket, please. It impacts a lot
>> >> > of tools ...
>> >> >
>> >> > https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22041
>> >> >
>> >> > This is a high impact change as the macro is used across huge
>> >> > swathes of the core codebase. I suggest we add a new macro,
>> >> > effectively a renamed copy of the current one but with extra
>> >> > parameters. I could also mod the current one so it at least uses
>> >> > the supplied id as the title in the markup. From then on we can
>> >> > gradually mod the tools to call the new macro.
>> >> >
>> >> > Or we could just leave it for now ...
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Adrian.
>> >> >
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