mui / mui/material-ui

[material-ui] Further Improvements with high contrast mode

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accessibility type: enhancement waiting for 👍
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Description

Summary

Our enhacement for high constrast mode on Windows is not complete.

Currently, just a few cases and components are covered.
See the example below:

  • Alerts don't have borders
  • Tabs dont have active indicator
  • Paper doesnt have border
  • Primary button doesnt have a border
    (I haven't tested all the other components)

You can check a live example on:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/q2qqs9vd-ck2mpgci?file=src%2FDemo.jsx

Original

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High contrast mode without enhancement

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High contrast mode with enhancement

(see that only the disabled input changed color)
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Motivation

Current solution solves just a few use cases.

Search keywords: accessibility contrast

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the examples in the linked StackBlitz demo and read the high contrast mode customization documentation linked in the issue. Compare Alerts, Tabs, Paper, and primary buttons with the enhancement enabled and disabled. Done should cover the listed missing borders and active indicator, with tests or examples showing the improved high contrast behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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