Semantic markup & better contrast for search result highlights
Bug #2009073 reported by
Stephanie Leary
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Evergreen |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
As noted in bug 1970946, as of 3.7.2 or so the search result highlight colors make links difficult to read due to the lack of contrast. We should also use <mark> instead of <b> for better screen reader announcements of search matches.
tags: | added: signedoff |
Changed in evergreen: | |
assignee: | nobody → Galen Charlton (gmc) |
Changed in evergreen: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
To post a comment you must log in.
Thanks, Stephanie! These are good improvements. Signoff at user/sandbergja /lp2009073- signoff
A note that I tried this with VoiceOver, NVDA, and Narrator, and only one of them (NVDA) announced the highlighting. It's still an improvement for NVDA for sure, and semantic markup is always a plus, but we might want to consider adding some visually hidden text announcing the beginning and end of the highlight as a future enhancement for other screen readers.
I tried this with Windows high contrast mode as well; it was readable using each of the Windows contrast themes.