March 03, 2022

What's Changed

• Color space update
• Hover rule 623
• New rule input_haspopup_invalid: Input with list attribute and certain types shouldn't have an ARIA haspopup attribute
• Landmark label uniqueness should not be enforced across dialog boundaries
• Need to copy initial summary to prevent cross count
• Adding rule names to display in help

Full Changelog: 3.1.17...3.1.18

Feb 10, 2022 - hotfix

What's Changed

• Hotfix for missing files for FF

Full Changelog: 3.1.16...3.1.17

Feb 09, 2022 - hotfix

What's Changed

• Hotfix for extension builds to chunk files for smaller filesizes

Full Changelog: 3.1.15...3.1.16

Feb 01, 2022

What's Changed

• Landmarks Rule: landmark_name_unique
• Help recovery for WCAG20_Table_SummaryAria3
• Help content is missing from the WCAG20_Table_CapSummRedundant rule
• Spurious errors about labels in shadow DOM
• Update workflows to Node 16, gatsby update
• Accessibility Checker scan "Needs review" total does not match the scan summary
• Updating a11y issue template and config file
• Tab scroll improvement and selection highlight
• Rule server update for February release
• Update file size chunks

Full Changelog: 3.1.14...3.1.15

Jan 12, 2022

Hot fix: Build adjustments to satisfy Mozilla policies

What's Changed

Extensions

• Mozilla build script in #610
• Try to get a more consistent sort in #612

Rules (will be included in future ruleset)

• Update implicit role calculations in ARIAMapper in #574
• 338 - Show invalid roles in invalid role message in #586
• 3837 - aria-hidden adjustments in #570

Full Changelog: 3.1.13...3.1.14

Dec 14, 2021

Hotfix related to custom ruleset usage for Node tool

November 17, 2021

Rules

• Improvements to decorative video scan rule

Browser extensions

• Fixed color contrast issue under help sections
• Removed token(s) from mdx and passive messages
• Fixed checkboxes retain values when new scans occurs

Tools

• Fixed blank html report created from automation tools

October 25, 2021

Rules

• Update help for WCAG20_Input_RadioChkInFieldSet to clarify differences between radiobutton and checkbox scenarios
• WCAG20_Table_Scope_Valid modified due to spec changes that only allow scope on <th> elements.
• Bug fix for aria-describedby to allow referencing of multiple elements
• Several updates to messages and help content to improve consistency and usability
• Improve Rpt_Aria_RequiredParent_Native_Host_Sematics to tighten parent/child relationships and support aria-owns
• IBMA_Focus_Tabbable and IBMA_Focus_MultiTab promoted to IBM_Accessibility ruleset
• IBM_Accessibility_BETA ruleset removed. See IBM_Accessibility ruleset
• New rule, table_headers_ref_valid, added. Rule ensures headers attribute specified on a cell refers to cells within the same table.
• Improved the README for the checker engine rules

Browser extensions

• Additional test cases added to our infrastructure for rule validation

Tools

• New rules test cases created for validation

August 27, 2021

Rules (for Aug 27 deploy)

• New rule aria_hidden_focus_misuse triggers when focusable elements within an aria-hidden subtree
• New rule meta_viewport_zoom triggers when zoom is restricted
• Rule fixes related to tables and association of headers
• Bug with caches not clearing between scans for framed pages

Browser extensions

• Refresh of help text for new standards and overall consistency
• Layout fixes

Tools

• Node: Fix bug with command-line tool with query strings exist in the url
• Cypress: Issue with peer dependencies

July 21, 2021

Rules (for July 21 deploy)

• Fix for blockquote rule to ignore style blocks, and truncate long quotes for messages
• Fix support for aria-level, aria-setsize, and aria-posinset related to 'row' roles unless within a 'treegrid'

Browser extensions

• Fix archive and policy selection