salesforce / salesforce/design-system-react

ColorPicker - the button label is not announced by screen reader

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Description

We have an accessibility defect logged on ColorPicker where the button label is not announced by screen reader. Instead, the hex number for the selected color is been read. When assistive text is provided for "assistivetText" prop, it is not read neither.

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Research direction

Start by locating the ColorPicker component and reproducing its screen-reader behavior with a selected color and with assistivetText provided. Check which label is announced and verify that the button label or supplied assistive text is announced instead of the selected color's hex value.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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