Accessibility/Extensions

Evaluated extensions (102)

Readers: core (27)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceArticleInfo	supports
BlueSpiceChecklist	supports
BlueSpiceCountThings	supports
BlueSpiceCustomMenu	supports
BlueSpiceDiscovery	supports
BlueSpiceExpiry	supports
BlueSpiceExportTables	supports
BlueSpiceExtendedSearch	partially supports (workaround:)
BlueSpiceFilterableTables	supports
BlueSpiceNSFileRepoConnector	supports
BlueSpicePagesVisited	supports
BlueSpicePrivacy	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceRSSFeeder	supports
BlueSpiceReadConfirmation	supports
BlueSpiceReminder	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceUserSidebar	supports
BlueSpiceWatchList	supports
Cite	partially supports (workaround:true)
CiteThisPage	supports
HeaderFooter	supports
PageHeader	supports
ParserFunctions	supports
RSS	supports
SubPageList	supports
UrlGetParameters	supports
Variables	supports
Widgets	supports

Readers: extended (19)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceAbout	partially supports (workaround:true)
BlueSpiceArticlePreviewCapture	supports
BlueSpiceAvatars	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceContextMenu	does not support (workaround: true)
BlueSpiceDashboards	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceInterwikiSearch	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpicePlayer	partially supports (workaround:true)
BlueSpiceQrCode	supports
BlueSpiceRating	supports
BlueSpiceTagCloud	supports
BlueSpiceUEModuleTable2Excel	supports
ConfirmEdit	supports
EmbedVideo	supports
ImageMap	supports
Lingo	supports
MultimediaViewer	supports
Semantic MediaWiki	supports
Semantic Result Formats	supports
TabberNeue	partially supports (workaround:false)

Editors: core (12)

Extension	Support	Scope
AtMentions	supports
BlueSpiceCategoryCheck	supports
BlueSpiceInsertFile	does not support (workaround: true)
BlueSpiceInsertLink	supports
BlueSpiceInsertTemplate	supports
BlueSpiceMultiUpload	supports
BlueSpicePageAccess	supports
BlueSpiceSmartList	partially supports (workaround:true)
CodeMirror	supports
Loops	supports
UserFunctions	supports
VisualEditor	partially supports (workaround:true)

Editors: extended (9)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceEmoticons	supports
BlueSpiceSignHere	partially supports (workaround:true)
Checklists	partially supports (workaround:true)
CognitiveProcessDesigner	does not support (workaround: false)
DateTimeTools	partially supports (workaround:true)
Forms	does not support (workaround: false)
InputBox	supports
Math	partially supports (workaround:true)
Page Forms	partially supports (workaround:false)

Organizers/Maintainer: core (8)

Extension	Support	Scope
Arrays	supports
BlueSpiceExtendedFilelist	partially supports (workaround:true)
BlueSpiceHideTitle	supports
BlueSpicePageAssignments	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceWikiExplorer	partially supports (workaround:true)
DynamicPageList3	supports
FilterSpecialPages	supports
TemplateStyles	supports

Organizers/Maintainer: extended (2)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceCategoryManager	does not support (workaround: false)
ContentTransfer	partially supports (workaround:false)

Admins core (14)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceConfigManager	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceGroupManager	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceInterWikiLinks	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceNamespaceManager	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpicePageTemplates	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceReaders	partially supports (workaround:false)
BlueSpiceUserManager	partially supports (workaround:false)
FlexiSkin	supports
Gadgets	supports
HitCounters	supports
Scribunto	supports
SpamBlacklist	supports
TitleBlacklist	supports
UserMerge	supports

Admins: extended (6)

Extension	Support	Scope
BlueSpiceExtendedStatistics	does not support (workaround: false)
BlueSpiceUsageTracker	partially supports (workaround:false)
Data Transfer	supports
Renameuser	partially supports (workaround:false)
Replace Text	partially supports (workaround:false)
Semantic Compound Queries	supports

Excluded extensions (36)

The following extensions have no corresponding functionality in the user interface and are therefore considered as "not applicable":

Extension	Support	Scope
Auth remoteuser	not applicable
BlueSpiceDistributionConnector	not applicable
BlueSpiceFoundation	not applicable
BlueSpicePageFormsConnector	not applicable
BlueSpiceProDistributionConnector	not applicable
BlueSpiceSMWConnector	not applicable
BlueSpiceSaferEdit	not applicable
BlueSpiceUniversalExport	not applicable
BlueSpiceVisualEditorConnector	not applicable
CreateUserPage	not applicable
EventBus	not applicable
External Data	not applicable
Interwiki	not applicable
LDAP Authorization	not applicable
LDAPAuthentication2	not applicable
LDAPGroups	not applicable
LDAPProvider	not applicable
LDAPSyncAll	not applicable
LDAPUserInfo	not applicable
LocalisationUpdate	not applicable
OATHAuth	not applicable
OpenID Connect	not applicable
OpenLayers	not applicable
PageImages	not applicable
ParserHooks	not applicable
PdfHandler	not applicable
PluggableAuth	not applicable
SecureLinkFixer	not applicable
Semantic Extra Special Properties	not applicable
Semantic Scribunto	not applicable
SimpleSAMLphp	not applicable
TextExtracts	not applicable
TitleKey	not applicable
Validator	not applicable
WebAuthn	not applicable

Extensions

CF = Core functionality, EF= Extended functionality, n/a= not applicable; AT=Authoring tool, Web=View mode, SD=Support docs (Helpdesk)

Type	Name	Type	WCAG	Accessibility notes
CF	BlueSpiceArticleInfo	AT, Web, SD	partially supported	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
CF	BlueSpiceAuthors	Web, SD	partially supported	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
CF	BlueSpiceAvatars
CF	BlueSpiceBookshelf
CF	BlueSpiceCategoryManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: tabbing through tabular data not supported: Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value parent-child relationships not announced actions-buttons only visible and interactive on mouse-hover workaround: categories can also be managed directly on the category pages themselves. The parent-child relationship of categories is also always listed on the categories pages
CLDCF	BlueSpiceCloudClient
CF	BlueSpiceCustomMenu	AT, Web, SD	supported	AT: Authoring in Wikitext Web: Simple links lists with accessible headings
CF	BlueSpiceExpiry	AT	partially supported	Simple dialog to add/edit expiration date Expired articles list: extjs pagination issue
CF	BlueSpiceExpiry	Web, SD	not supported	page does not indicate on load that it is expired
CF	BlueSpiceExtendedFilelist	AT, Web, SD	workaround	Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value workaround: Special:Files uses standard html results table and accessible search form
CF	BlueSpiceExtendedSearch	Web, SD	workaround	Problems with grid buttons and pagination. erm:25456 workaround: Special:Search uses standard html results table and accessible search form
CF	BlueSpiceFilterableTables	AT, Web, SD	supported	Only needs filterable style attribute in wikitext. Fully screenreader accessible when inserted on a wiki page. Does not use extjs pagination.
CF	BlueSpiceFilterSpecialPages	Web, SD	supported	Form field gets focus and it is easy to tab to the filtered links
CF	BlueSpiceMultiUpload	AT	supported	workflow from clicking upload link to uploading files with the upload dialog work in screenreader
CF	BlueSpicePageAssignments	AT, Web	partially supported	Supported: AT: Assignments can be added/edited on a wiki page Not supported: Web: Assignments overview list uses extjs pagination
CF	BlueSpicePageTemplates	AT	partially supported	Page templates manager: ExtJS grid issue for screenreaders, keyboard is supported
CF	BlueSpicePrivacy
CF	BlueSpiceReadConfirmation	Web	FAIL (easy fix)	wrong aria role; needs alertdialog instead of alert for checkbox to get focus erm:25475
CF	BlueSpiceReaders	Web	FAIL	Ext Js pagination erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReminder	Web	FAIL	overlay issues
CF	BlueSpiceReview	Web	FAIL	overlay issues, Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReviewExtended	Web	FAIL	Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceRSSFeeder
n/a	BlueSpiceSaferEdit
CF	BlueSpiceSocial
CF	BlueSpiceSocialArticleActions
CF	BlueSpiceSocialBlog
CF	BlueSpiceSocialComments
CF	BlueSpiceSocialMicroBlog
CF	BlueSpiceSocialProfile
CF	BlueSpiceSocialRating
CF	BlueSpiceSocialResolve
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTags
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTimelineUpdate
CF	BlueSpiceSocialTopics
CF	BlueSpiceSocialWatch
CF	BlueSpiceSocialWikiPage
CF	BlueSpiceTagCloud		supported
CF	BlueSpiceTagSearch
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleBookPDF
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleHTML
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDF
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDFRecursive
CF	BlueSpiceUEModulePDFSubpages
CF	BlueSpiceUEModuleTable2Excel
CF	BlueSpiceUniversalExport
CF	BlueSpiceUsageTracker
CF	BlueSpiceUserInfo
CF	BlueSpiceUserSidebar	AT	FAIL erm:25233	edit link does not receive keyboard focus
CF	BlueSpiceUserSidebar	Web	supported	navigation links with collapsible heading
CF	BlueSpiceWikiExplorer	Web	FAIL	ExtJS pagination erm:25456
CF	Bootstrap	AT, Web, SD	supported (however, individual implementations need to be tested individually)	Interactive elements are implemented with aria-roles. High-contrast requirements and keyboard access need to be tested during implementation. Bootstrap accessibility statement
CF	CategoryTree
CF	Cite
CF	CiteThisPage
CF	CodeEditor
CF	ConfirmAccount
CF	CookieWarning
CF	Echo
n/a	EditNotify
CF	EmbedVideo
n/a	External Data
CF	FlaggedRevs
CF	FlexiSkin	AT	FAIL (easy fix)	Small keyboard access issues erm:25223 No screen reader testing, since here you set the color scheme and fonts for the skin. Vision seems to be a requirement to accomplish this.
CF	Gadgets
CF	HitCounters
CF	InputBox
CF	Interwiki
CF	InviteSignup
n/a	LocalisationUpdate
CF	LoginNotify
CF	Math	AT, Web	FAIL	FAIL is okay here, this type of image output is simply not supported by screenreaders. workaround: maybe MathML-based syntax?
CF	MediaWiki
n/a	NativeSvgHandler
n/a	NSFileRepo
CF	Nuke
CF	Page Forms	AT	supported	forms are created using wikitext
CF	Page Forms	Web	not supported	generated forms neither create correct tabindex nor label/field associations
CF	Page Schemas
CF	ParserFunctions	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	ParserHooks
n/a	PdfHandler
n/a	PluggableAuth
CF	Renameuser	AT	FAIL	needs aria labels, screenreader doesn't read them out
CF	Replace Text
CF	RSS
n/a	Scribunto
CF	SyntaxHighlight	Web, SD	FAIL	No announcement of switching to code-language, needs some aria-described-by
CF	SyntaxHighlight	AT	workaround	keyboard trap in textarea Code (see mw discussion). workaround: Source code editing
n/a	TextExtracts
CF	TitleBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	TitleKey
CF	TwoColConflict
CF	UrlGetParameters	AT	supported	source code editing; text-based
CF	UserFunctions	AT	supported	source code editing; text-based
CF	UserMerge
n/a	Validator
n/a	Variables
CF	Widgets	AT	supported	pure text-based functionality that allows inserting a widget on a page. If a website includes a particular widget, the widget itself has to be tested for WCAG.

Administrative users

Type	Name	Type	WCAG	Accessibility notes
n/a	Auth remoteuser	n/a
CF	BlueSpiceCategoryManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: tabbing through tabular data not supported: Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value parent-child relationships not announced actions-buttons only visible and interactive on mouse-hover workaround: categories can also be managed directly on the category pages themselves. The parent-child relationship of categories is also always listed on the categories pages
n/a	BlueSpiceCloudClient
CF	BlueSpiceConfigManager	AT, Web	partially supported	supported: form fields and tooltips are announced correctly and can be saved issues: search field needs aria-role "search" (2.1.1) Save-button does not get focus after making form changes. (2.1
EF	BlueSpiceDashboards
n/a	BlueSpiceDistributionConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceDrawioConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceEchoConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceEditNotifyConnector
EF	BlueSpiceExtendedStatistics
n/a	BlueSpiceFoundation
CF	BlueSpiceGroupManager	AT, Web	not supported	buttons have no labels selected checkboxes are not indicated Ext js paginatetoolbar
EF	BlueSpiceNamespaceCSS	AT	not supported	Note: this page is limited to admin users text area to enter css does not allow to tab out of it to save the page. Mouse required.
CF	BlueSpiceNamespaceManager	AT		Note: this page is limited to admin users Extjs: Pagination in grids not announcing button types and spinbutton value
n/a	BlueSpiceNSFileRepoConnector
CF	BlueSpicePageAccess	AT	supported	tag can be added in source editing mode
CF	BlueSpicePageTemplates	AT	FAIL	selecting template during page creation: No group heading for templates to jump to; Namespace heading is h3, h2 missing on page; Page templates manager: ExtJS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpicePermissionManager	AT	FAIL	Ext JS grid issues erm:25456
CF	BlueSpicePrivacy
CF	BlueSpiceReaders	Web	FAIL	Ext Js pagination erm:25456
CF	BlueSpiceReminder	Web	FAIL	overlay issues
CF	BlueSpiceRSSFeeder
n/a	BlueSpiceSMWConnector
CF	BlueSpiceUsageTracker
CF	BlueSpiceUserInfo
CF	BlueSpiceUserManager		FAIL	JS grid buttons, pagination
n/a	BlueSpiceUserMergeConnector
n/a	BlueSpiceVisualEditorConnector
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVClientIntegration
EF	BlueSpiceWebDAVMinorSave
EF	BlueSpiceWikiFarm
CF	ConfirmAccount
CF	ConfirmEdit		supported 1.1.1	Note: This extension allows to use various CAPTCHA techniques. To comply, an accessible captchas (e.g. ReCaptcha or hCaptcha) would have to be implemented and techniques G143 AND G144 need to be applied.
n/a	EditNotify
n/a	External Data
n/a	ExtJSBase
CF	FlexiSkin	AT	FAIL (easy fix)	Small keyboard access issues erm:25223 No screen reader testing, since here you set the color scheme and fonts for the skin. Vision seems to be a requirement to accomplish this.
CF	Gadgets
CF	HitCounters
CF	Interwiki
CF	InviteSignup
EF	LDAP Authorization
EF	LDAPAuthentication2
EF	LDAPGroups
EF	LDAPProvider
EF	LDAPSyncAll
EF	LDAPUserInfo
n/a	LocalisationUpdate
CF	LoginNotify
CF	MediaWiki
EF	MultimediaViewer
n/a	NativeSvgHandler
n/a	NSFileRepo
CF	Nuke
n/a	OATHAuth
n/a	OOJSPlus
n/a	OpenID Connect
n/a	OpenLayers
CF	Page Schemas
n/a	ParserHooks
n/a	PluggableAuth
CF	Renameuser	AT	FAIL	needs aria labels, screenreader doesn't read them out
n/a	Scribunto
EF	Semantic Compound Queries
EF	Semantic Extra Special Properties
EF	Semantic Internal Objects
EF	Semantic MediaWiki
EF	Semantic Result Formats
EF	Semantic Scribunto
n/a	SimpleSAMLphp
CF	SpamBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
CF	TitleBlacklist	AT	supported	wikitext
n/a	TitleKey
CF	TwoColConflict
CF	UserMerge
n/a	Validator
n/a	Variables
n/a	WebAuthn
EF	WebDAV
CF	Widgets	AT	supported	pure text-based functionality that allows insering a widget on a page. If a website includes a particular widget, the widget itself has to be tested for WCAG.

Recurring issues

• ExtJS grid ticket - (button labels, pagination)
• QM / book overlays: erm:25470

Core functionality

High contrast

In Windows high-contrast system settings, the icons of the toolbar are not visible, since they are implemented as black background images:

Ticket seems to be progressing: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T180890

Menu icons in VisualEditor not visible in black high-contrast mode.

workaround

While using BlueSpice, turn off High Contrast mode and switch to the Color filter setting instead. Here, you also get a hight contrast setting in black, but the Visual Editor toolbar is fully visible:

Color filter in Windows 10 settings

Custom css for users in group MediaWiki:Group-Accessibilitygroup.css

The colors can be fully customized for a specific user group in the wiki

Google Chrome high contrast extension

The high contrast extension recommended in the Google Chrome help centerdoes not work in edit mode, but can be used for browsing a BlueSpice wiki page.

Keyboard navigation

workaround

All functionality of VisualEditor can be entered in source editing mode, which is a standard way of editing a wiki page. The save dialog can be activated via keyboard alt+shift+s. Available Shortcut keys can be viewed with Ctrl+/

Extended functionality

TemplateData

Does not support

1. dialog window does not recognize language
2. no tabbing to hidden fields (solution: user task: mark all non-required fields as suggested to be shown instantly).

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