Known issues

Owned by Andrea Jennings
Last updated: May 15, 2024
2 min read

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

Issue

Location of issue

Workaround (if possible)

Dismiss issue?

Fix ETA

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

  • Drupal-media surrounded by an <a> tag in copy text is generating a double link

  • Image gallery navigation and close buttons have no text

  • User error: Image uploaded in summary and listing page fields

  • None

  • None

  • Remove image uploaded in summary field

  • Yes

  • Yes

  • No

  • TBD

  • TBD

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

  • Stylistic choice in WCMS: small font in Facts and Figures uses italics

  • User error: paragraph tag used in table header cell(s)

  • None

  • Remove <p> in source code in header cell(s)

  • Yes

  • No

  • N/A

  • N/A

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

  • Facts and Figures issue fixed with 3.2.18

  • User error: some instances of images do not have alt text

  • None

  • Add descriptive alt text to images

  • Yes

  • No

  • TBD

  • N/A

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

This is not an exhaustive list of flagged accessibility issues from Siteimprove.