This page is a work in progress and continuously populated. Current known issues can be viewed and recorded on the Issue Tracking sheet.
This page lists some of the currently known accessibility issues, with workarounds where possible. If you are experiencing issues that are not listed, please submit a Siteimprove support request.
We will do our best to review these reported issues and work toward a fix, but there is no guaranteed timeline for their release.
These issues will still require manual review by the user. Issues listed below are flagged within locations of the website that both can and cannot be fixed by the user.
Issue | Location of issue | Workaround (if possible) | Dismiss issue? | Fix ETA |
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Color contrast does not meet minimum requirement | CTA buttons; site footer | None | Yes | TBD |
ARIA attribute unsupported or prohibited | Web form help text; file fields | Use description field instead of help text field in webform | No | TBD |
Interactive element does not meet minimum size nor spacing | Banner paginator height; some site footer links | None | Yes | TBD |
Button missing a text alternative | Paginator on carousels | None | Yes | TBD |
Container element is empty | Tabs on listing pages use tablist role incorrectly | None | Yes | TBD |
Content missing after heading | 'Missing' content after H1 (H1 followed by an image rather than text) | None | Yes | TBD |
Text not included in an ARIA landmark | Special alert | None | Yes | TBD |
Page does not start with a level 1 heading | All examples were non-WCMS 3 sites | None | Yes | N/A |
Link missing a text alternative |
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Inline frame missing a text alternative | YouTube iframe missing aria-label; also on WCMS 2 sites | None | Yes | TBD |
Form field missing a label | Project search block; Project title filter | None | Yes | TBD |
Page missing headings | Hero image display | None | Yes | TBD |
Overuse of italics |
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Skip to main content link is missing | Oembed issue: XML (RSS) file identified as web page missing headers | None | No, SI to review | |
Page language has not been identified | Oembed issue: XML (RSS) file identified as web page missing headers | None | No, SI to review | |
Page missing a title | Oembed issue: XML (RSS) file identified as web page missing headers | None | No, SI to review | |
Image missing a text alternative |
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Text in all caps | Stylistic choice in WCMS: Blockquotes display in all caps | None | Yes | N/A |
Presentational element is exposed to assistive technologies | Carousel buttons in Image gallery and Facts and Figures | None | Yes | TBD |
Role with implied hidden content has keyboard focus | Hero images within events post | None | Yes | TBD |
Empty headings | User error: Headings being used to format page content, create blank space | Remove empty headings from page content | No | N/A |
Improper use of preformatted text element | User error: <pre> text being used to stylize font | Use paragraph font | No | N/A |
Table cell missing context | User error: column and row missing context; header missing on column | Enter header in source code; recreate the table | No | N/A |
No data cells assigned to table header |
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HTML element is deprecated or obsolete | ||||
Visible label and accessible name do not match | ||||
Text is clipped when resized | ||||
Page zoom is restricted | ||||
Hidden element has focusable content | ||||
Table headers aren't referenced correctly | ||||
Image button missing a text alternative | ||||
Content language not recognized | ||||
Links in the same context with the same text alternative | ||||
Font size is too small | ||||
Table header cell is missing a header role | ||||
Scrollable element is not keyboard accessible | ||||
Page sections with the same name do not serve the same purpose | ||||
Multiple inline frames with the same text alternative |
This is not an exhaustive list of flagged accessibility issues from Siteimprove.