accesability peoblem

This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.

Problem:
The client is experiencing accessibility issues with the language switcher on their website, as indicated by the PageSpeed Insights test.
Solution:
We acknowledge an existing internal development ticket regarding this issue, but we cannot provide a specific timeline for its resolution. We suggest adding an

aria-label

attribute with a descriptive name to the language switcher link to improve accessibility, like so:

<a href="https://www.spotix.app/he/spots/..." class="wpml-ls-link" aria-label="Descriptive Name of the Link"></a>

Additionally, we recommend checking the following documentation for a potential workaround regarding missing alt tags for flag images in the language switcher:
Missing alt tag for flag image in a language switcher

If this solution does not seem relevant to your issue, please open a new support ticket with us.

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Tagged: Feature request

This topic contains 10 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Bruno Kos 8 months, 3 weeks ago.

Assisted by: Bruno Kos.

Author	Posts
January 10, 2024 at 4:30 pm #15170281
doronY	you can se the problem here also hidden link in the accesability rest, the langiage switcher is making the problem
January 11, 2024 at 6:49 am #15172293
doronY	?
January 11, 2024 at 8:56 am #15172817
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML support! Can you please provide us with the debug information, so that we can get a better idea of your setup? https://wpml.org/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/ If not yet the case, make sure to have the latest updates already installed. https://wpml.org/account/downloads/ Please do the above and let us know if the issue is still happening. Regards, Bruno Kos
January 11, 2024 at 9:18 am #15172954
doronY	sure
January 11, 2024 at 9:19 am #15172957
doronY	i use the latest version
January 11, 2024 at 12:11 pm #15174249
doronY	any news? please dont leave me to the weekend 🙂
January 11, 2024 at 1:02 pm #15174593
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	I see that we have an internal development ticket for this, but I can't say when and how will this be implemented. I suppose that this would pass these tests? <a href="<em><u>hidden link</u></em>" class="wpml-ls-link" aria-label="Descriptive Name of the Link"></a>
January 11, 2024 at 1:36 pm #15174869
doronY	you sent a brocken link and I didnt get you Do you have a solution? Do you understand the problem?
January 11, 2024 at 2:37 pm #15175208
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	I understand the problem, but have no solution to offer at this point. I see that we have an internal development ticket for this, but I can't say when and how will this be implemented.
January 11, 2024 at 3:02 pm #15175334
doronY	ok, can. you push it please? this is something that must be to make the site accesible
January 11, 2024 at 3:43 pm #15175721
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	I cannot push anything, development team decides about this based on the number of cases, other priorities, etc. You can check this in the meantime, perhaps it helps: https://wpml.org/errata/missing-alt-tag-for-flag-image-in-a-language-switcher/
January 13, 2024 at 8:31 am #15181133
doronY	it helped, thank you!

doronY confirmed that the issue was resolved on 2024-01-13 08:31:04.
This ticket is now closed. If you're a WPML client and need related help, please open a new support ticket.