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Use aXe Accessibility Engine in tests to ensure accessibility

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1. to develop design enhancement feature: accessibility tests
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Description

It seems that we could use aXe in our tests to make sure that modifications don’t break accessibility.
https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core#getting-started

@MorrisJobke @skjnldsv @juliushaertl @nextcloud/accessibility is this something we can add to our testing stack so it is run automatically?

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Research direction

No repository file or existing test is named. Start with the linked aXe getting-started documentation and inspect the project's testing stack to determine where accessibility checks could run automatically. Done means tests use aXe and detect accessibility regressions in later modifications.

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Assessment

Domain
accessibility, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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