Address issues raised in WCAG 2.2 accessibility audits

[kellylee-gds]

Brief

In this brief we will investigate the issues raised in the WCAG 2.2 audit of the Design System website, and put fixes in place if deemed necessary.

We will also revisit the decisions made following the WCAG 2.2 audit of govuk-frontend in 2023 to see if our opinion has shifted on addressing usability issues raised in that report. We retested govuk-frontend in July 2024 and no issues were raised, however it's worth revisiting the things we decided to not fix to see if we feel the same way a year later.

Epic lead

Owen

Driving role(s)

Anika, Hazal

Supporting roles

Kelly, Charlotte, beeps

Further detail

Website audit issues

Frontend audit issues (from 2023)

Issues to be investigated

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1. Autocomplete: Use of invalid role when no results found #4003
   accessibility accessibility regulations failure audit july 2024 +3
   
2. Autocomplete: Combobox missing aria-controls #4004
   accessibility accessibility regulations failure audit july 2024 +3
   
3. Autocomplete: Listbox missing accessible name #4005
   accessibility accessibility regulations failure audit july 2024 +3
   
4. Code blocks: Unnecessary tab stops #4007
   accessibility audit july 2024 +2
   
5. Autocomplete: Bad colour contrast for search icon in High Contrast mode #4016
   accessibility audit july 2024 +2
   

Additional tasks

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1. Set priorities of non-A issues
2. Discuss content issues with Calvin and agree approach
3. Revisit decisions made regarding usability issues following 2023 audit of GOV.UK Frontend #4008
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4. Consider how we can share the results of the audit with the wider community #3939
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5. https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/908
6. Determine whether we will need a retest of the website #3941
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[kellylee-gds]

Closed as cycle finished. Issues moved to next brief