stevenbenner/jquery-powertip

Add accessibility features

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#3 opened on Aug 1, 2012

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Description

Currently tooltips are not accessible to visually impaired users or users who navigate with the keyboard. Accessibility features should be added to make tooltips useful to those users.

  • It has been suggested that PowerTip implement ARIA standards (intro, spec) similar to this example.
  • Tooltips should open on focus and close on blur to support keyboard navigation.

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Research direction
Review ARIA specification for tooltip role, implement aria describedby, add keyboard focus/blur handlers to show/hide tooltip.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendweb dev
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptjQueryHTMLAccessibility basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65