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Accessibility: Plugin Single Use of Color Failures
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- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 163
- Forks
- 221
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Description
On the plugin single page (Gutenberg plugin test page), there are several instances where links are indicated only by a change of color and do not have any other way to indicate that they are links. This is a failure of WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color (A).
Here are the instances I found:
- "See all 56" - referring to languages in plugin meta:
- The Advanced View link:
- All of the rating links (both the number of stars "5 stars" and the count "821"):
- Contributors & Developer links:
Links need a second way, aside from color to indicate that they are links and actionable. Traditionally this is done with underlines, but arrows or other icons can also be used as an alternative.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Use the linked Gutenberg plugin test page as the entry point and inspect the markup and styling for the four listed link groups: “See all 56,” Advanced View, rating links, and Contributors & Developer. Verify each link has a non-color visual indication that satisfies WCAG 1.4.1, then recheck the page to confirm all reported instances are addressed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100