[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27592: Screen Reader Users Do Not Know Widgets in Theme Customizer are Expandable

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#27592: Screen Reader Users Do Not Know Widgets in Theme Customizer are Expandable
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 Reporter:  davidakennedy  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets        |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  accessibility  |
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 The issue: When testing the new Widget customizer with a screen reader (in
 this case Mac OS 10.2 with Voiceover and Chrome), the arrow links for
 #available-widgets (within Widgets) do announce to screen readers, but
 only as "Link". Essentially, these are empty links and have little
 semantic meaning.

 What I expected: Some way to know via announcement with the screen reader
 that the heading elements are expandable.

 Related ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27591

 Recommendation: (Good) Put meaniful link text inside the a href to give it
 meaning. I'd also consider rearranging the source order since it goes to
 the links first, and you don't get the context of the heading. (Better and
 similar to above) Use a similar markup pattern to this accessible
 accordion that relies heavily on WAI-ARIA:
 http://hanshillen.github.io/jqtest/#goto_accordion

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