Accessibility Issues

  • Hi,

    I would like to start by thanking you for creating such a useful plugin!

    I have tested the latest version on my local machine and found a few accessibility related issues. Hoping you can incorporate fixes for these issues in future releases. Here is the list of the issues I came across:

    1. Metaslider uses tabindex=”-1″ which makes it the first focusable element on the page. It should use tabindex=”0″ if it’s meant to be focusable following the normal tab order, or tabindex=”0″ if it’s meant to be programmatically focusable but not reachable using tab.
    2. Even though the left/right arrow keys are usable on the keyboard, that behavior isn’t expected or explained to users, including but not limited to blind / screen-reader users.
    3. The use of the?aria-live?attribute is also a major accessibility issue when autoplay is enabled on the carousel. Would it be possible to address that as well in future releases?

    Thanks,
    Shahadat

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  • Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    Hi @5h4h4d4t. Thanks for using MetaSlider and for the helpful feedback.

    We did try to roll out fixes for this about 6 months ago but ran into problems with legacy slideshows. With such a big user-base, it’s amazing how even the smallest changes can cause problems for someone.

    Talking with our team today, we might try again. This time we can make the features opt-in so those legacy users can disable this if needed.

    Thread Starter Shahadat Hossain

    (@5h4h4d4t)

    Hi @@stevejburge,

    Thank you for getting back to me and it’s good to know that you are already aware of the issues.

    The opt-in option sounds promising. Hopefully, you and your team can make it happen without upsetting the legacy users soon.

    Thanks
    Shahadat


    Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    Thanks to you also, @5h4h4d4t. At the moment our team’s guess is that we can include this in our late-April release.

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