Issue
- We have verified that Liferay uses the
<small>tag in the Type and Category facet search filters and we think that it could lead to an accessibility issue, violating the WCAG 1.3.1 Information & Relationships success criteria.
Environment
- Quarterly Release 2024.q2
Resolution
- The reported accessibility concern regarding the use of the
<small>tag within the search filter facets has been reviewed and is not considered an accessibility issue. - The
<small>tag, while presentational and not semantic, is a valid HTML5 tag and its use does not negatively impact accessibility. - WCAG recommends using CSS for styling and semantic HTML elements. Liferay's implementation adheres to this best practice by using CSS from Clay for styling and not relying on the
<small>tag to convey semantic meaning. - The
<small>tag in this context does not violate WCAG 1.3.1 Information & Relationships success criteria, and testing with screen readers, semantic analysis tools (like AXE, WAVE, and Lighthouse) confirms no negative impact on accessibility.
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