axe-core v4.1.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-11-13 // over 3 years ago-
🔋 Features
- 🆕 new-rule: check that treeitem role has an accessible name (#2615) (5e95153)
- ➕ Add aria-dialog-name (#2609) (b0e14b0)
- aria-toggle-field-name: add option role (#2605) (0af0551)
- checks: deprecate role-none and role-presentation for presentational-role (#2503) (cef54a0)
- get-role: add noPresentational option (#2549) (4f39299), closes #1792
- imports: deprecate axios (#2542) (82d43a0)
- label,select-name: allow placeholder to pass label rule, add select-name rule (#2448) (1315f8e)
- 🆕 new-rule: ARIA links, buttons, menuitems have an accessible name (#2571) (9476a1f)
- 🆕 new-rule: aria-tooltip-name (#2548) (d00f378)
- 🆕 new-rule: check that meter role has an accessible name (#2607) (3ca2f04)
- 🆕 new-rule: check that progressbars have an accessible name (#2555) (dd0b44a)
- presentation-role-conflict: create rule to flag elements with role conflict resolution (#2440) (e4edffc)
- rule-matches: depreacte window-is-top-matches for is-intiator-matches (#2531) (db2be93)
- standards: add superclassRole to ariaRoles (#2600) (a5e9ce0)
- standards: add superclassRole to dpubRoles (#2606) (1b66930)
- utils: deprecate get/set-scroll-state (#2581) (3c4827f)
- valid-langs: deprecate validLangs, add isValidLangs, reduce file size (#2527) (8a699ec)
🐛 Bug Fixes
- commons/get-text-element-stack: account for newline characters when text is larger than container (#2631) (3c2429b)
- ⚡️ Update ACT rule tags (#2625) (c640d4f)
- aria-errormessage: allow aria-live="polite" on aria-errormessage target (926b6a8)
- aria-errormessage: allow aria-live=polite on aria-errormessage target (#2597) (0d5cfb1)
- aria-roles: add group to menuitemradio context (#2518) (52b89f1)
- aria-roles: Add WAI-ARIA 1.2 roles (#2544) (635b084), closes #2107 #2107 #2107 #2107
- attr-non-space-content-evaluate: Split no attribute and empty attribute message (#2495) (5f822f4)
- audit: updated axe.reset() to reset branding, application, and tagExcludes. (#2537) (828864b)
- autocomplete-valid: allow type=tel for appropriate cc types (#2575) (ae21713)
- checks/aria: Mark elements missing from aria-errormessage for review (#2550) (8f9a035), closes #2460
- color-contrast: allow small text shadows to serve as text outline (#2627) (432e1f3)
- color-contrast: mark elements with pseudo content as needs review (#2613) (fcdbdbc)
- color-contrast: properly handle scrolling text (#2619) (984e7e2)
- 📄 docs/rules: add missing category tags to rules metadata (#2569) (285c442), closes #2554
- explicit-label: work with multiple labels (#2573) (d26f106)
- get-headers: fix for rowspan and colspan (#2545) (3f02d14)
- heading-order: evaluate headings from iframes in DOM order (#2572) (46f6628)
- implilcit-role: use type property instead of attribute to resolve input role (#2547) (35e853d), closes #2514
- 🔗 link-name: pass landmark content as link text (#2617) (e77992e)
- name-rules: ignore when explicit roles don't require a name (#2629) (52fb138)
- region: allow role=dialog and svg elements outside regions (#2586) (fab58d4)
- region: treat iframes as regions (#2614) (936db81)
- rule: add check node to the check result object (#2608) (b188911)
- scrollable-region-focusalbe: do not fail for combobox pattern (#2601) (ac71a57)
- 🗄 deprecate aria-form-field-name-matches for no-name-method-matches (#2584) (8be89e3)
- do not allow fallback content for objects (#2525) (486eafe)