[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48406: Dashboard: Some links can be identified as such only by their color

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#48406: Dashboard: Some links can be identified as such only by their color
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 Reporter:  afercia      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  (bug)                  |
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:               |    Version:
  Administration         |   Keywords:  has-screenshots needs-patch needs-
 Severity:  normal       |  design-feedback
  Focuses:  ui,          |
  accessibility          |
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 In the Dashboard, some links can be identified as such only by their
 color. Specifically:
 - `change your theme completely`
 - `widgets` and `menus` within the sentence `Manage widgets or menus`

 The color difference with adjacent text is very low. Even with moderate
 vision impairment or moderate color perception impairment these links are
 barely distinguishable from normal text.

 Quoting from the WordPress accessibility coding standards:

 **Links: underline or no underline?**
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards
 /accessibility-coding-standards/#links-underline-or-no-underline
 > When links can be identified as such by the context, for example because
 they’re part of a menu, or a set of links clearly identified as user
 interface controls, they don’t necessarily need to be underlined. In all
 the other cases, especially for links surrounded by other text (in a line
 or block of text), links need to be always underlined.

 In a few words: most of the links in the Welcome box are OK because the
 context clarifies they're link. They are in a list that looks like a set
 of links. They have icons. The whole sentence is a link.

 However, the three cases mentioned above are links within a line of text
 thus need to be underlined.

 See the second screenshot below, where I'm using Sim Daltonism (bundled
 with macOS) to simulate monochromacy.

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