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[Escalated to WPML Developers team] website accessibility issue with language switcher in drop down menu

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Mihai Apetrei.

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August 24, 2023 at 11:07 pm #14288373

robertW-6

Website accessibility compliance requires the language switcher in drop down menu format to have an "aria-haspopup" attribute that equals "true" and an "aria-expanded" attribute that equals to "false" that changes to "true" and back when opening or closing the dropdown. Can this be done by WPML?

I got this from items 16 & 17 in the attached accessibility report. This is an online audit done on our dev site from this link: hidden link

Our dev site is hidden link

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August 26, 2023 at 11:19 am #14294583

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi there.

Sorry for the delayed response but it is a pretty full queue at the moment so it can take a bit longer to get back to you.

I will check this with our developers and I will get back to you as soon as I have more info.

Please know that it is the weekend currently so I will be able to get back to you probably at the beginning of next week.

Thank you for your amazing patience.

I'm leaving the ticket assigned to myself for now.

Mihai
August 29, 2023 at 8:49 pm #14309175

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi there.

I wanted to let you know that I escalated this request further to the developers' team, and I will get back to you as soon as I will have more updates.

Thank you for your amazing patience.

I'm leaving the ticket assigned to myself for now.

Mihai
August 31, 2023 at 11:38 am #14320185

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+03:00)

Hi there.

I am also updating the ticket status to "Escalated to WPML developers team".

Will get back to you as soon as there are updates.

Mihai