[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9698: WordPress back end is not accessible

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#9698: WordPress back end is not accessible
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 Reporter:  jhodgdon      |       Owner:  anonymous               
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                     
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned              
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.8                     
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:  accessibility JavaScript
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 The WordPress back end violates several WCAG accessibility guidelines, so
 it cannot be considered accessible to people with disabilities.

 Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/

 Not being an accessibility expert, I am not sure of all of the violations.
 But guideline 6.3 states "Ensure that pages are usable when scripts,
 applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If
 this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative
 accessible page."

 This means that you should be able to do all functions in the WP back end
 with JavaScript disabled.

 As of 2.8-bleeding [11148], there are several things you cannot do with
 JavaScript disabled:

 1) Upload and attach media to a post. You can upload media in the Media
 section, but the media upload section of the post edit screen is missing
 without JS, and I see no way to attach it to a post.

 2) Add tags to a post or change which tags are on a post. The tags section
 is totally blank without JavaScript. (It could at least have the default
 plain-text field that is there behind the scenes and hidden).

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