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Icon fonts elements are announced to screen readers #1902

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davidrapson opened this issue Apr 6, 2022 · 0 comments
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Icon fonts elements are announced to screen readers #1902

davidrapson opened this issue Apr 6, 2022 · 0 comments
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Summary of problem

A recent accessibility report highlighted that places where we still use the old icon font can cause issues with screen readers

Steps to replicate

This happens wherever there is an icon font element without aria-hidden="true" or used as a background image but a particularly egregious example is the search toggle.

  1. Load the sample content page at a small viewport size
  2. Use voice over and toggle the search open and closed
  3. It will announce "K" or "H" before then reading the correct descriptive label.

Expected behaviour

No additional text announced

Actual behaviour

The letter that the icon font element is mapped to is announced.
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Allow opting-out of external link styles
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A recent accessibility report flagged that our external link icon can be
interpreted as a new tab icon causing confusion.

We have seen similar reports in testing sessions for the new intranet.

This mirrors the issues mentioned in https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/28/removing-the-external-link-icon-from-gov-uk/

We also know that we have an outstanding accessibility issue with our
icon fonts which affects this icon too #1902

To allow us to test removing the external link icon, add a new config
option to opt-out of the external link styles:
`$cads-enable-external-link-icon`

This is enabled by default to respect the current defaults.
@davidrapson davidrapson mentioned this issue Jul 4, 2022
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@davidrapson
Allow opting-out of external link styles
bf71ecd 
A recent accessibility report flagged that our external link icon can be
interpreted as a new tab icon causing confusion.

We have seen similar reports in testing sessions for the new intranet.

This mirrors the issues mentioned in https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/28/removing-the-external-link-icon-from-gov-uk/

We also know that we have an outstanding accessibility issue with our
icon fonts which affects this icon too #1902

To allow us to test removing the external link icon, add a new config
option to opt-out of the external link styles:
`$cads-enable-external-link-icon`

This is enabled by default to respect the current defaults.
@davidrapson davidrapson mentioned this issue Jul 25, 2022
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