[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9698: WordPress back end is not
accessible
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#9698: WordPress back end is not accessible
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Reporter: jhodgdon | Owner: anonymous
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unassigned
Component: General | Version: 2.8
Severity: major | Keywords: accessibility JavaScript
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The WordPress back end violates several WCAG accessibility guidelines, so
it cannot be considered accessible to people with disabilities.
Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/
Not being an accessibility expert, I am not sure of all of the violations.
But guideline 6.3 states "Ensure that pages are usable when scripts,
applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If
this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative
accessible page."
This means that you should be able to do all functions in the WP back end
with JavaScript disabled.
As of 2.8-bleeding [11148], there are several things you cannot do with
JavaScript disabled:
1) Upload and attach media to a post. You can upload media in the Media
section, but the media upload section of the post edit screen is missing
without JS, and I see no way to attach it to a post.
2) Add tags to a post or change which tags are on a post. The tags section
is totally blank without JavaScript. (It could at least have the default
plain-text field that is there behind the scenes and hidden).
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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9698>
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