I am unable to use the keyboard to access a hyperlink within a textbox. I saw in this post that this was an issue with Storyline 2. Has anything been done with Storyline 360 to fix this issue? If not I would like to use one of the work-arounds suggested on that post (creating an 'invisible' button that the user can tab to and activate the link), however, when using a screen reader like JAWS, when you tab to the textbox containing a link, it does not say anything about the link being present, but at the end of the paragraph it says the phrase "use the spacebar to activate". I assume this is because there is a link in the textbox, but hitting the spacebar does not activate the link. This is very confusing for the user. I have attached one of my slides with this issue below (I changed the link as it is supposed to be linking to our intranet).
Like you mentioned, I'd suggest adding a transparent shape or button on top of any hyperlinks. You'll want to hyperlink the transparent shape itself, and not the text in the larger textbox. Give it a try, and let me know if you'd like some help with that!
Hyperlinks are on our current accessibility roadmap! I don't have a timeline to share yet, but we'll let you know in this discussion when it's available.
Are the hyperlinks fixed now after the latest upgrade as of Oct 27, 2020? This is a huge issue and very important for accessibility. As a result I can't release the module I am working on. It raises the question why Articulate can't make even this simple feature functional. More so when few months ago it worked, What happened? I am puzzled. Please advice. Thanks. S.
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Hi Kara!
Like you mentioned, I'd suggest adding a transparent shape or button on top of any hyperlinks. You'll want to hyperlink the transparent shape itself, and not the text in the larger textbox. Give it a try, and let me know if you'd like some help with that!
Thanks, that worked!
When done this way it is announced as a button and our 508 team says that is a failure. Do hyperlinks work as expected now?
Thanks
Hi Samantha!
Hyperlinks are on our current accessibility roadmap! I don't have a timeline to share yet, but we'll let you know in this discussion when it's available.
Hi there,
Are the hyperlinks fixed now after the latest upgrade as of Oct 27, 2020? This is a huge issue and very important for accessibility. As a result I can't release the module I am working on. It raises the question why Articulate can't make even this simple feature functional. More so when few months ago it worked, What happened? I am puzzled. Please advice. Thanks. S.
Hi Stefaniada!
We have Hyperlink States currently in Beta so we are getting close to shipping this feature! We'll let you know when it's released.
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