Open Bug 1909984 Opened 2 months ago Updated 2 months ago

Fix a11y issues related to password inputs and rules tooltip

Categories

(Firefox :: Profile Backup, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Profile Backup
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Project Flags:
Accessibility Severity s3

People

(Reporter: kpatenio, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: access, Whiteboard: [fidefe-device-migration])

Filing as a defect, since these issues should be fixed before release.

This ticket is a follow-up to Bug 1896772, which implements password validation and the password rules tooltip. There are some accessibility challenges that we have to consider and improve.

Screen readers:

  • Suggestion was to not use aria-live for the tooltip once rendered. Instead utilize aria-describedby to associate the tooltip with the first password input
  • Unfortunately, not many screen readers widely support aria-errormessage and aria-invalid yet
  • We may want to ensure that all icons have a proper alt text
  • We should also verify the behaviour for multiple screen readers too, not just VoiceOver (ex. jaws, NVDA)

Keyboard navigation

  • There are still some uncertainties about how the Escape key should behave. Should we close the dialog, or the tooltip? Or both?
Severity: -- → S3
Keywords: access
Priority: -- → P3
Whiteboard: [fidefe-device-migration]

Marking this as an access-s3 since that's what most of these issues are. Lack of alt text for graphics (like icons) can be an S2, FWIW, but it sounds like you're blocking release on these issues anyway. Thanks :)

Accessibility Severity: --- → s3
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