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Version: 6.18

Accessibility of CM/Track V3 and CM/Forms improved

CM/Track V3 (#664395)​

Accessibility of CM/Track V3 has been improved to comply with the new regulations regarding accessibility of applications targeted to consumers.

Several smaller changes have been made to improve usability of the application with screen readers, allow using the application with a keyboard only, and improve the contrast of visual elements. Tooltips were added to buttons which consist of an icon only, and the elements which are accessible by keyboard now have proper labels. The new labels are added automatically to the localization.json and components_localization.json files.

In addition, it is now possible to add a link to a feedback form so that the users can report accessibility issues. The Portal configuration page of the Web Admin Suite has been extended for this purpose. The section Feedback form has been added. If Show feedback form is set to true, two fields are displayed for each portal language:

  • Form URL: Enter the URL where the form is hosted
  • Link text: Enter the text for the URL, default Barrierefreiheit in German and Accessibility in English

The settings are saved to config.json and localization.json.

The link is shown in the footer of the CM/Track application, so that it is available to all logged-in users.

warning

The form itself is not part of the core product because it needs to be adjusted to your use case. You can create a feedback form using CM/Forms and a webhook. In the webhook script, you need to implement the processing of the feedback, e.g. send the feedback to the responsible person by email or create a ticket.

Ask the ConSol CM support for an example.

CM/Forms (#664539)​

Accessibility of web forms published using the CM/Forms add-on has been improved to comply with the new regulations regarding accessibility of applications targeted to consumers.

Several smaller changes have been made to improve the contrast of visual elements.

The compatibility with screen readers has been improved by introducing two changes:

  • The internal name of the form is used as a title attribute. The field has been renamed to Name / title in the new forms administration in the Web Admin Suite, see CM/Forms in the Web Admin Suite (#665460)
  • The field Language has been added. It is used as lang attribute in the published form.
Default language

On update, the Language field is filled automatically with the default language. If you have forms in other languages, you need to change the language to the correct one manually.