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Selected state of radio buttons for merge interface not accessible to those with visual impairments
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Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 13.48.45.png (186×152 px, 9 KB)

The highlighting of this to indicate 'selected' is not properly accessible for those who have visual impairments. Please use shape in some way to indicated the selected state:
Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 13.54.29.png (164×564 px, 22 KB)

Event Timeline

TheDJ triaged this task as Medium priority.Feb 9 2018, 12:55 PM
TheDJ created this task.
TheDJ added a project: Accessibility.
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Based on the screenshot, this is a failure of WCAG 2.0 Level A guideline 1.4.1 "Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element."

This issue has been solved by doing as the screenshot shows.

MVP 1.3-choose_a_version--en-5.png (405×276 px, 11 KB)