Accessibility/Extensions

Overview

General users (readers, editors, reviewers)

CF = Core functionality, EF= Extended functionality, n/a= not applicable; AT=Authoring tool, Web=View mode, SD=Support docs (Helpdesk)

Type	Name	Type	WCAG	Accessibility notes
CF	Arrays		supported	parser functions - entered as text
EF	BlueSpiceAbout	Web	partially supported	Focus does not stay in iframe after accepting privacy policy. (Ticket: erm:25216) Default loads a page from bluespice.com which has non-compliant content (video without captions). The default page is hard to navigate because of cookie consent menu and focusable mobile menu. Link can be deactivated in main menu for all users and can be ignored by admin users in the management menu. Extension can be deactivated for on-premise installations or custom content can be loaded in iframe (customer is responsible for loading accessible content).
CF	BlueSpiceArticleInfo	AT, Web, SD	partially supported	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
EF	BlueSpiceArticlePreviewCapture	Web, SD	partially supported	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
CF	BlueSpiceAuthors	Web, SD	partially supported	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
CF	BlueSpiceAvatars
CF	BlueSpiceBookshelf
CF	BlueSpiceDiscovery	AT, Web	supported	skip navigation, aria roles and labels for screenreaders, fully keyboard accessible
CF	BlueSpiceCategoryCheck	AT	supported	category announcements in save dialog (fixed in erm:25232)
CF	BlueSpiceCategoryManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: tabbing through tabular data not supported: Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value parent-child relationships not announced actions-buttons only visible and interactive on mouse-hover workaround: categories can also be managed directly on the category pages themselves. The parent-child relationship of categories is also always listed on the categories pages
EF	BlueSpiceChecklist	AT, Web, SD	supported	edit in source mode; output standard html list
CLDCF	BlueSpiceCloudClient
CF	BlueSpiceContextMenu	Web, SD	workaround	allows to open a context menu that executes actions on the target page without actually going to the target page. workaround: Simply execute the actions directly on the target page or use the "original" links in the interface
EF	BlueSpiceCountThings	AT, Web, SD	supported	edit in source mode; output: standard html table
CF	BlueSpiceCustomMenu	AT, Web, SD	supported	AT: Authoring in Wikitext Web: Simple links lists with accessible headings
EF	BlueSpiceDashboards
EF	BlueSpiceEmoticons	AT, Web	supported	Fixed in erm:25160
CF	BlueSpiceExpiry	AT	partially supported	Simple dialog to add/edit expiration date Expired articles list: extjs pagination issue
CF	BlueSpiceExpiry	Web, SD	not supported	page does not indicate on load that it is expired
CF	BlueSpiceExportTables		supported	export menu is keyboard and screenreader accessible
CF	BlueSpiceExtendedFilelist	AT, Web, SD	workaround	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value workaround: Special:Files uses standard html results table and accessible search form
CF	BlueSpiceExtendedSearch	Web, SD	workaround	Problems with grid buttons and pagination. erm:25456 workaround: Special:Search uses standard html results table and accessible search form
EF	BlueSpiceExtendedStatistics	Web	not supported	some stats only available as png
CF	BlueSpiceFilterableTables	AT, Web, SD	supported	Only needs filterable style attribute in wikitext. Fully screenreader accessible when inserted on a wiki page. Does not use extjs pagination.
CF	BlueSpiceFilterSpecialPages	Web, SD	supported	Form field gets focus and it is easy to tab to the filtered links
CF	BlueSpiceHideTitle	AT	supported	Add behavior switch in source editing mode
EF	BlueSpiceInsertCategory	AT	workaround	add category in wikitext
EF	BlueSpiceInsertFile	AT	workaround	add image in wikitext
EF	BlueSpiceInsertLink	AT	workaround	add link in wikitext
EF	BlueSpiceInsertMagic	AT	workaround	add tag in wikitext
EF	BlueSpiceInterWikiLinks		not supported	Web: ext-js pagination issues AT: setting up interwiki links with keyboard/screenreader not supported ext-js pagination issues button labels not announced edit buttons in grid not selectable on focus, only on hover
EF	BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch
EF	BlueSpiceMatomoConnector
CF	BlueSpiceMultiUpload	AT	supported	workflow from clicking upload link to uploading files with the upload dialog work in screenreader
CF	BlueSpicePageAccess	AT	supported	tag can be added in source editing mode
CF	BlueSpicePageAssignments	AT, Web	partially supported	Supported: AT: Assignments can be added/edited on a wiki page Not supported: Web: Assignments overview list uses extjs pagination
EF	BlueSpicePagesVisited
CF	BlueSpicePageTemplates	AT	partially supported	Page templates manager: ExtJS grid issue for screenreaders, keyboard is supported
EF	BlueSpicePlayer
CF	BlueSpicePrivacy
EF	BlueSpiceQrCode
EF	BlueSpiceRating
CF	BlueSpiceReadConfirmation	Web	FAIL (easy fix)	wrong aria role; needs alertdialog instead of alert for checkbox to get focus erm:25475
CF	BlueSpiceReaders	Web	FAIL	Ext Js pagination erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReminder	Web	FAIL	overlay issues
CF	BlueSpiceReview	Web	FAIL	overlay issues, Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReviewExtended	Web	FAIL	Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceRSSFeeder
n/a	BlueSpiceSaferEdit
EF	BlueSpiceSignHere
CF	BlueSpiceSmartList	AT, Web, SD	supported	tag can be added in source editing mode; Output: standard html unordered list
CF	BlueSpiceSocial
CF	BlueSpiceSocialArticleActions
CF	BlueSpiceSocialBlog
CF	BlueSpiceSocialComments
CF	BlueSpiceSocialMicroBlog
CF	BlueSpiceSocialProfile
CF	BlueSpiceSocialRating
CF	BlueSpiceSocialResolve
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTags
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTimelineUpdate
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTopics
CF	BlueSpiceSocialWatch
CF	BlueSpiceSocialWikiPage
CF	BlueSpiceTagCloud		supported
CF	BlueSpiceTagSearch
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleBookPDF
EF	BlueSpiceUEModuleDOCX
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleHTML
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDF
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDFRecursive
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDFSubpages
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleTable2Excel
CF	BlueSpiceUniversalExport
CF	BlueSpiceUsageTracker
CF	BlueSpiceUserInfo
CF	BlueSpiceUserSidebar	AT	FAIL erm:25233	edit link does not receive keyboard focus
CF	BlueSpiceUserSidebar	Web	supported	navigation links with collapsible heading
EF	BlueSpiceVisualDiff	Web	workaround	use classic diff view
EF	BlueSpiceWatchList
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVMinorSave
EF	BlueSpiceWhoIsOnline
CF	BlueSpiceWikiExplorer	Web	FAIL	ExtJS pagination erm:25456
CF	Bootstrap	AT, Web, SD	supported (however, individual implementations need to be tested individually)	Interactive elements are implemented with aria-roles. High-contrast requirements and keyboard access need to be tested during implementation. Bootstrap accessibility statement
CF	CategoryTree
CF	Cite
CF	CiteThisPage
CF	CodeEditor
CF	ConfirmAccount
CF	ConfirmEdit		supported 1.1.1	Note: This extension allows to user various CAPTCHA techniques. To comply, an accessible captchas (e.g. ReCaptcha or hCaptcha) would have to be implemented and techniques G143 AND G144 need to be applied.
EF	ContentTransfer
CF	CookieWarning
EF	DrawioEditor
EF	Duplicator
CF	DynamicPageList3	AT, Web, SD	supported	text-based edit functionality, output formats can be created in accessible formats
CF	Echo
n/a	EditNotify
CF	EmbedVideo
n/a	External Data
CF	FlaggedRevs
CF	FlexiSkin	AT	FAIL (easy fix)	Small keyboard access issues erm:25223 No screen reader testing, since here you set the color scheme and fonts for the skin. Vision seems to be a requirement to accomplish this.
CF	Gadgets
EF	Header Tabs
CF	HitCounters
EF	ImageMap
EF	ImageMapEdit
CF	InputBox
EF	InsertTemplate
CF	Interwiki
CF	InviteSignup
EF	LatexRenderer
CF	Lingo	AT, Web, SD	supported AAA 3.1.3	supported: Extension "Lingo" creates definition lists. When a word from the definition list is used on a wiki page, the definition is listed at the end of the page. (Note: the (through css) hidden list at the end of a page does not have a heading)
n/a	LocalisationUpdate
CF	LoginNotify
EF	Maps
CF	Math	AT, Web	FAIL	FAIL is okay here, this type of image output is simply not supported by screenreaders. workaround: maybe MathML-based syntax?
CF	MediaWiki
EF	MergeArticles
EF	MultimediaViewer
n/a	NativeSvgHandler
n/a	NSFileRepo
CF	Nuke
CF	Page Forms	AT	supported	forms are created using wikitext
CF	Page Forms	Web	not supported	generated forms neither create correct tabindex nor label/field associations
CF	Page Schemas
EF	PageImages
CF	ParserFunctions	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	ParserHooks
n/a	PdfHandler
n/a	PluggableAuth
EF	Poem	AT	supported	tag is added in source view. Only applies some text indent and line breaks in the background. Produces standard html
EF	Popups
EF	Quiz
CF	Renameuser	AT	FAIL	needs aria labels, screenreader doesn't read them out
CF	Replace Text
CF	RSS
n/a	Scribunto
EF	Semantic Compound Queries
EF	Semantic Extra Special Properties
EF	Semantic Internal Objects
EF	Semantic MediaWiki
EF	Semantic Result Formats
EF	Semantic Scribunto
CF	SyntaxHighlight	Web, SD	FAIL	No announcement of switching to code-language, needs some aria-described-by
CF	SyntaxHighlight	AT	workaround	keyboard trap in textarea Code (see mw discussion). workaround: Source code editing
EF	TemplateData
EF	TemplateStyles
n/a	TextExtracts
CF	TitleBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	TitleKey
CF	TwoColConflict
CF	UrlGetParameters	AT	supported	source code editing; text-based
CF	UserFunctions	AT	supported	source code editing; text-based
CF	UserMerge
n/a	Validator
n/a	Variables
CF	VisualEditor	AT	AT: partially supported	Partially supported lacks keyboard access icons not visible in Windows High Contrast mode (T244424) -> See workarounds
EF	WebDAV
CF	Widgets	AT	supported	pure text-based functionality that allows insering a widget on a page. If a website includes a particular widget, the widget itself has to be tested for WCAG.
CF	WikiEditor	AT	supported (partial)	Generally same as VE. (Difference to VE in screen reader mode: it reads "blank" for empty lines - VE reads "graphic")

Administrative users

Type	Name	Type	WCAG	Accessibility notes
n/a	Auth remoteuser	n/a
CF	BlueSpiceCategoryManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: tabbing through tabular data not supported: Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value parent-child relationships not announced actions-buttons only visible and interactive on mouse-hover workaround: categories can also be managed directly on the category pages themselves. The parent-child relationship of categories is also always listed on the categories pages
n/a	BlueSpiceCloudClient
CF	BlueSpiceConfigManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: form fields and tooltips are announced correctly and can be saved issues: search field needs aria-role "search" (2.1.1) Save-button does not get focus after making form changes. (2.1
EF	BlueSpiceDashboards
n/a	BlueSpiceDistributionConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceDrawioConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceEchoConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceEditNotifyConnector
EF	BlueSpiceExtendedStatistics
n/a	BlueSpiceFoundation
CF	BlueSpiceGroupManager	AT, Web	not supported	buttons have no labels selected checkboxes are not indicated Ext js paginatetoolbar
EF	BlueSpiceNamespaceCSS	AT	not supported	Note: this page is limited to admin users text area to enter css does not allow to tab out of it to save the page. Mouse required.
CF	BlueSpiceNamespaceManager	AT		Note: this page is limited to admin users Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
n/a	BlueSpiceNSFileRepoConnector
CF	BlueSpicePageAccess	AT	supported	tag can be added in source editing mode
CF	BlueSpicePageTemplates	AT	FAIL	selecting template during page creation: No group heading for templates to jump to; Namespace heading is h3, h2 missing on page; Page templates manager: ExtJS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpicePermissionManager	AT	FAIL	Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpicePrivacy
CF	BlueSpiceReaders	Web	FAIL	Ext Js pagination erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReminder	Web	FAIL	overlay issues
CF	BlueSpiceRSSFeeder
n/a	BlueSpiceSMWConnector
CF	BlueSpiceUsageTracker
CF	BlueSpiceUserInfo
CF	BlueSpiceUserManager		FAIL	JS grid buttons, pagination
n/a	BlueSpiceUserMergeConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceVisualEditorConnector
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVMinorSave
EF	BlueSpiceWikiFarm
CF	ConfirmAccount
CF	ConfirmEdit		supported 1.1.1	Note: This extension allows to use various CAPTCHA techniques. To comply, an accessible captchas (e.g. ReCaptcha or hCaptcha) would have to be implemented and techniques G143 AND G144 need to be applied.
n/a	EditNotify
n/a	External Data
n/a	ExtJSBase
CF	FlexiSkin	AT	FAIL (easy fix)	Small keyboard access issues erm:25223 No screen reader testing, since here you set the color scheme and fonts for the skin. Vision seems to be a requirement to accomplish this.
CF	Gadgets
CF	HitCounters
CF	Interwiki
CF	InviteSignup
EF	LDAP Authorization
EF	LDAPAuthentication2
EF	LDAPGroups
EF	LDAPProvider
EF	LDAPSyncAll
EF	LDAPUserInfo
n/a	LocalisationUpdate
CF	LoginNotify
CF	MediaWiki
EF	MultimediaViewer
n/a	NativeSvgHandler
n/a	NSFileRepo
CF	Nuke
n/a	OATHAuth
n/a	OOJSPlus
n/a	OpenID Connect
n/a	OpenLayers
CF	Page Schemas
n/a	ParserHooks
n/a	PluggableAuth
CF	Renameuser	AT	FAIL	needs aria labels, screenreader doesn't read them out
n/a	Scribunto
EF	Semantic Compound Queries
EF	Semantic Extra Special Properties
EF	Semantic Internal Objects
EF	Semantic MediaWiki
EF	Semantic Result Formats
EF	Semantic Scribunto
n/a	SimpleSAMLphp
CF	SpamBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
CF	TitleBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	TitleKey
CF	TwoColConflict
CF	UserMerge
n/a	Validator
n/a	Variables
n/a	WebAuthn
EF	WebDAV
CF	Widgets	AT	supported	pure text-based functionality that allows insering a widget on a page. If a website includes a particular widget, the widget itself has to be tested for WCAG.

Recurring issues

• ExtJS grid ticket - (button labels, pagination)
• QM / book overlays: erm:25470

Core functionality

High contrast

In Windows high-contrast system settings, the icons of the toolbar are not visible, since they are implemented as black background images:

alternativtext=Menu icons in VisualEditor not visible in black high-contrast mode.|zentriert|mini|750x750px|Menu icons in VisualEditor not visible in black high-contrast mode.

workaround

While using BlueSpice, turn off High Contrast mode and switch to the Color filter setting instead. Here, you also get a hight contrast setting in black, but the Visual Editor toolbar is fully visible: alternativtext=Color filter in Windows 10 settings|zentriert|mini|750x750px|Color filter in Windows 10 settings

Custom css for users in group MediaWiki:Group-Accessibilitygroup.css

The colors can be fully customized for a specific user group in the wiki

Google Chrome high contrast extension

The high contrast extension recommended in the Google Chrome help centerdoes not work in edit mode, but can be used for browsing a BlueSpice wiki page.

Keyboard navigation

workaround

All functionality of VisualEditor can be entered in source editing mode, which is a standard way of editing a wiki page. The save dialog can be activated via keyboard alt+shift+s. Available Shortcut keys can be viewed with Ctrl+/

Note 3.2: Currently there is no easy way to switch to source editing mode, it is important that the drop-down menu for the edit button in the main toolbar is fixed.

Extended functionality

TemplateData

Does not support

1. dialog window does not recognize language
2. no tabbing to hidden fields (solution: user task: mark all non-required fields as suggested to be shown instantly.

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