stevenbenner/jquery-powertip

Add accessibility features

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#3 opened on Aug 1, 2012

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FeatureHelp Wanted

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.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
accessibilityfrontend
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.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of ARIAFamiliarity with jQuery
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75
Research direction
Implement ARIA roles and properties for tooltips, following the example at test.cita.uiuc.edu/aria/tooltip/tooltip1.php. Ensure tooltips open on focus and close on blur by adding event handlers. Test with keyboard navigation.