From d479b97c5dce3d5036aadfdfd8649fd645de4651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yurii Zusik <yurii.zusik@bigcommerce.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:33:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feature(storefront): Empty cart message not read by screen
 reader (#1935)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 1 +
 templates/components/common/cart-preview.html | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c7c96ce11..3c8db8843a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Draft
+- Empty cart message not read by screen reader. [#1935](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1935)
 
 ## 5.0.0 (12-14-2020)
 - Parse HTML entities in jsContext. [#1917](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1917)
diff --git a/templates/components/common/cart-preview.html b/templates/components/common/cart-preview.html
index c6db019178..3d416e3a64 100644
--- a/templates/components/common/cart-preview.html
+++ b/templates/components/common/cart-preview.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ <h6 class="previewCartItem-name">
                 </div>
             {{/if}}
         {{else}}
-            <div class="previewCart-emptyBody">
+            <div role="alert" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="false" class="previewCart-emptyBody">
                 {{lang 'cart.checkout.empty_cart'}}
             </div>
         {{/if}}