Accessibility Insights for Web v2.23.0
Accessibility Insights for Web 2.23.0
Welcome to the January 7th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web
Highlights
Update to axe-core 4.1.1
We updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.1.1 (#3716)
This update includes 5 new rules and 17 false positive fixes.
Check axe-core release notes for more details
Needs review test is now ON by default
The Needs review test is now available by default (#3730) in the FastPass experience.
Needs review test will show instances from a few inconclusive and experimental checks and will provide instructions on how to test if it's a failure or not.
This test is still under a preview feature flag that can be accessed by going to the Manage Settings button and selecting Preview features
Bug fixes
- Clarified the Instructions requirements in the Native widgets and Custom widgets tests to better align with SC 2.5.3 Label in Name (#3763)
- Improved the mapping of rules to WCAG guidance links to keep in sync with axe-core tags (#3709)
- Added an inline Start over button to FastPass pages (#3704)
- Added a WCAG link for WCAG 1.2.3 in the report (#3689)
- Fixed the Assessment report description to correctly reflect the usage of WCAG 2.1 (#3683)
- Updated Guidance links to use the Office Fabric tooltip so they are visible on focus (#3673)
- Made the "Expand all" button in the details view more screen-reader friendly (#3665)
- Changed the color for WCAG links in the report to visually indicate that they are links and improved the color contrast for the footer text in the report (#3614)
- Fixed the Fork and clone the repository link in docs/building-web.md (#3605)
- Improved the accessibility of the failure instance cards in Automated checks and the report (#3502)
- Fixed the colors for test status choice groups in Windows high-contrast modes (#3468)
- Fixed background color tearing in FastPass Automated checks (#3447)