[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32147: List table: headings for pagination and views links

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#32147: List table: headings for pagination and views links
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |    Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 One of the goals the accessibility team would like to propose for the next
 release is to improve the overall heading structure in the admin. Together
 with #31650 there's a lot of room for improvements.

 The admin screens based on list tables have at least two places (maybe
 more) worthy of new headings: the "views" links and the pagination links.

 See screenshot (headings are visible to give you an idea, they should be
 hidden).

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/NOvLFwFRVS.png)]]

 Why this is useful?
 Navigating through headings is
 [http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey5/#finding the first thing
 screen reader users try to find information on a web page]. With a few
 keystrokes you can quickly jump between headings and go directly to the
 tools you want to use.

 For most screens we can just add the strings we need in the
 `$current_screen` object.
 For posts and taxonomies though, we would need new labels in order to have
 fully translatable strings. Currently, posts and taxonomies can be
 provided with labels to be used in visible parts of the interface (e.g.
 the "Search" button, menu items, etc.) and it would be great to have
 labels to be used for accessibility purposes as well.

 Discussed a bit
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/accessibility/p1429290512002107 on
 Slack] with @sergeybiryukov we're open to discussion, any thoughts more
 than welcome.

 Some things to discuss:
 - should bulk actions and other available actions and filters selects have
 their own headings?
 - what about adding a new heading right before the table? e.g. "Users
 list".
 - better wording for the views links: "Filter xx to display"

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