[Reading List - A11y Bug] Reading List "Show more" button is not clearly labeled
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	Aug 25 2026, 4:37 PM

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Description

Background

The Reading List page's "Show more" button is vague and does not clearly describe purpose which is in violation of WCAG SC 2.4.6 AA

User story

As a user of AT I want to understand clearly what a button does when it's text gets read. "Show more" does not tell me what the more is that I will be shown.

Requirements

The "Show more" button string is updated to "Show more items"

Acceptance criteria for done

A screen reader or AT clearly reads out "Show more items, button"

QA strategy

Risky change? List whether this change has an increased potential to cause bug, regressions, or controversy.
QA by: @Etonkovidova
QA in enwiki beta
Test steps:
after addding pages to Special:ReadingLists, "Show more items" should be displayed
check on desktop and mobile
check in dark mode
run accessibility check, including VoiceOver check
check for translation

Rollback plan

This should be low risk but we can roll back if needed.

This task was created by Version 1.2.0 of the Reader Experience team task template using phabulous.

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	accessibility: Use clearer button label for "Show more" button	CoderAnimeshPathak	mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists	master	+16 -3

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Event Timeline

LMora-WMF created this task.Aug 25 2026, 4:37 PM

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LMora-WMF renamed this task from [Reading List - A11y Bug] Reading List infinite scroll is inaccessible to keyboards and AT users to [Reading List - A11y Bug] Reading List "Show more" button is not clearly labeled.Aug 25 2026, 4:37 PM

LMora-WMF set the point value for this task to 1.Aug 25 2026, 4:43 PM

Vesperio_ofc claimed this task.Aug 25 2026, 5:20 PM

Change #1329338 had a related patch set uploaded (by CoderAnimeshPathak; author: CoderAnimeshPathak):

[mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists@master] [A11y] Add accessible aria-label to Reading List "Show more" button

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1329338

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 25 2026, 5:39 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF changed the point value for this task from 1 to 2.Aug 26 2026, 8:23 PM

I'd strongly suggest to revisit the visible label and change this to "show more items". It would be a general usability win and let us go with lower engineered solution. cc: @Sneha

"Show more items" would already better in description. From the WCAG success criterion:

Descriptive headings are especially helpful for users who have disabilities that make reading slow and for people with limited short-term memory. > These people benefit when section titles make it possible to predict what each section contains.

Form input controls with labels that clearly and accurately describe the content that is expected to be entered helps users know how to successfully complete the form.

Sneha awarded a token.Aug 26 2026, 9:04 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF moved this task from Incoming to Needs refinement on the Reader Experience Team board.Aug 27 2026, 8:27 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF moved this task from Needs refinement to Ready for sprint on the Reader Experience Team board.

aude triaged this task as High priority.Aug 27 2026, 9:16 PM

I will update this task description to make the above recommendation from Volker.

LMora-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 27 2026, 9:19 PM

LMora-WMF moved this task from Ready for sprint to REx Sprint 5 (Q1 FY26-27 Aug 25-Sept 8 on the Reader Experience Team board.Aug 28 2026, 1:23 PM

LMora-WMF edited projects, added: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 5 (Q1 FY26-27 Aug 25-Sept 8); removed: Reader Experience Team.

LMora-WMF moved this task from Ready to Needs code review on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 5 (Q1 FY26-27 Aug 25-Sept 8) board.

Jdlrobson-WMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.Aug 31 2026, 11:27 PM

LMora-WMF removed Vesperio_ofc as the assignee of this task.Sep 1 2026, 3:01 PM

LMora-WMF moved this task from Needs code review to Needs QA on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 5 (Q1 FY26-27 Aug 25-Sept 8) board.