[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33032: User password strength result provides no feedback for screen readers

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#33032: User password strength result provides no feedback for screen readers
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 Reporter:  rianrietveld            |       Owner:  rianrietveld
     Type:  defect (bug)            |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Administration          |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by rianrietveld):

 In the case of the show/hide button it's not obvious.
 A screenreader user can call a list of buttons, and the only response they
 get is "hide".

 For the password strength: it just gets read out every time you stop
 typing and the status of the strength has changed.
 Then it's not really related to a row heading.
 But I agree that from the context you can understand that this is related
 to the password.
 But think for overall usability it may be better to add password the text,
 not only for screenreader users.

 Patch 1 is necessary, patch 2 makes it more usable and pretty.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33032#comment:6>
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