[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21324: Visible Focus within Admin Screens could be much clearer.

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#21324: Visible Focus within Admin Screens could be much clearer.
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 Reporter:  grahamarmfield  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Accessibility   |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by lessbloat):

 In 21324-focus-active.diff I attempted to add a visible :focus and :active
 state for links.  I played around with a bunch of color options, and
 settled on:

 [[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/2A0k143i3N2W2y0Q2N07/focus-preview.jpg)]]

 And "outline: thin dotted" for the active state.

 The a:focus style works only on focus via tabbing (not when you hover, or
 click with a mouse).  This color combo provides "enhanced" contrast for
 regular sized text under WCAG 2.0 1.4.6 (Level AAA).

 [[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/3t1u3M0y321b323K002K/focus-contrast.jpg)]]

 '''A couple notes:'''

 - The main nav and the toolbar already have :focus styles and are not
 affected by this change.

 - I tested as many areas of the admin as I could think to test. Though,
 these changes, have the potential of affecting pretty much every page of
 the admin, so this needs to be reviewed carefully.

 - I tried to set this up so that we don't need an "Accessibility" option
 in settings, though that is still an option.

 - I left buttons/form fields alone for now.  If we do think they still
 need to be changed, they should probably be in a separate patch.

 Open to any feedback/change requests from those of you who work regularly
 with accessibility design.

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