[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51786: Accessibility issue with the logo on the login page

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#51786: Accessibility issue with the logo on the login page
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 Reporter:  roytanck                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Login and Registration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                          |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by roytanck):

 Hi @joedolson. Thank you for looking into this. The problem isn't with the
 HTML markup as such. It's perfectly fine to have an <a> inside an <h1>.
 The issue is with the purpose of the <h1>.

 https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/rulesets/HEADING_1/

 The <h1> should contain an indication of the contents of the current page.
 A link to another location (whether it's wp.org or the site's home page)
 is not a description or title for what's found on the current page.

 To people using assistive technologies, the purpose of the page is less
 immediately obvious. They often rely on headings to navigate the page, and
 don't immediately "see" the form below it.

 It's great that WordPress offers filters for the link's href and text, but
 they can only be used to modify the link. The link text should always
 describe the link's target (a different page), so in no case will it
 describe the current page's contents.

 This issue came up during an accessibility audit of a client's site (a
 large government organization in NL). The a11y expert and I concluded that
 there was no way to fix it using the hooks that WP currently offers. The
 <h1> and the <a> serve different purposes, and the best option is to split
 them into two entities. A credit link for WP, and a proper page title.

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