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Rise: Focus Visible: what theme/button colors are supported?
This is a 2.4.7 Focus Visible (AA) question:
The Rise VPAT indicates this functionality is supported.
Is there documentation of which color values (Theme, Buttons) will reliably produce a perceivable focus rectangle?
In testing this functionality, I'm seeing mixed results. With some colors, the focus rectangle is imperceptible.
So, that is to say that we cannot change it (to Katalin's question)? If so, is this a feature request we could submit? Or is it not changeable?
If not, perhaps there should be a warning with certain color schemes/templates to say that it may cause color contrast issues, e.g., using dark blue for buttons will cause a color contrast issue when using Chrome as Liz suggests.Hello Naomi!
Currently, you can't change the focus rectangle color in Rise 360 so it overrides was it the browser default. We do have this logged as a feature request! I'll include your comments in our report.
I'll be sure to update this discussion if this feature makes it on our product roadmap.
Hello, For accessibility reasons, I'd like to change the focus rectangle's color in Rise. Currently, when the video (embedded in a Rise course) is in focus (using the tab key), the black focus rectangle is nearly impossible to see. Is there a way to change the color and even the stroke size of this focus rectangle's outline in Rise? The course will be used by 100s of learners so I'd like to make this change in Rise (versus relying on different browsers' default focus indicators). Thank you in advance for any recommendations.
I second this upgrade request. Thank you.
I third this update request please!
Yes, I am looking for this upgrade as well. Please add it to the Rise feature roadmap! Thank you!
Adding my support for this feature request. We often use dark coloured buttons etc because a) they're in our brand colours and b) it makes the buttons easily perceptible. But the default on both Edge and Chrome is black (or close enough to it) and means that the focus indicator is all-but invisible, even to those with good eyesight.
Hi Liz!
We are relying on the browser's default focus ring to indicate where the current keyboard focus is. This is why you may be getting mixed results. Different browsers have their own focus indicator styling. For example, Safari's default is a light blue outline, while in Chrome you'll see dark blue with a white outline.
Marvie