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Is there a industry standard for PDF Map alt text for screen readers?
Hi There, Our team has been working on standardizing the Alt text across all our PDF Maps and we're curious if anyone knows if there's an industry standard out there for best practices for what to describe for a map? We've found a few resources for alt text recommendations for complex images and we're aware of best…
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day is May 21, 2026
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is on May 21 this year and the event aims to promote understanding and dialogue about digital accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities. Its purpose is to encourage organizations and individuals to consider the needs of all users by raising awareness, sharing best…
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Experience Builder - search widget text - how to change font color to meet contrast requirements?
Hi all, In the search widget, the text, "Find address or place", default grey on white is not contrast accessible. Is there a place to change this text color or text size or make bold? It doesn't seem to follow any of the changes I make in the style tab of the search widget. And it isn't following the theme text colors.…
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Experience Builder Themes - most definitely not color contrast accessible
Hello all, Less of a question - more an observation and perhaps I should move this to the Ideas page. I think I will start an Esri tech support case to document - I started working with the Themes in Experience Builder and I started having a sneaking suspicion that the colors used in the themes were not contrast accessible…
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Accessibility at the Esri User Conference 2026
The Esri Accessibility team is getting ready for the Esri User Conference (UC) in San Diego this summer, July 13 - 17, 2026. The Esri UC is where you can join thousands of geospatial professionals at the largest GIS conference in the world! And if you’re attending and want to learn how to design, build, and share…
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Automated accessibility scanning and the Shadow DOM
With the increased focus on improving the accessibility of software and websites, automated scanning tools have become an essential part of accessibility testing. However, not every error flagged by these tools is valid and it can sometimes be difficult to tell—especially if the Shadow DOM is involved. Let's start with the…
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Dashboard selector color tied to element focus color
I would like to change the color of the buttons in a Category Selector without also changing the "focus" indicator color when utilizing keyboard navigation. Currently, both the Selector color and focus color are linked to the "Accent color" in the custom theme settings. This is very restricting when it comes to applying an…
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Experience Builder AGO Introduction Window "Don't show this again" contrast
Hi all, I'm using an Introduction Window on my Experience Builder app. I am using a brand blue color and white text and a button. As you can see the default black text for "Don't show this again" does not meet any contrast guidelines and is extremely hard to see. Is there a way to change this text to white? Maybe some html…
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ArcGIS Online - Accessibility Checker/Tool/Report to Audit All Apps?
Hi Accessibility Team, It was suggested that I cross post this question here as well- https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/arcgis-online-accessibility-checker-tool-report-to/m-p/1695480#M68374 As we're working towards the Federal accessibility requirements for 2026 we were wondering if anyone is aware of…
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Logo Alt Text
Where can I add alt text for my logo? Right now, the summary seems to display something completely unrelated. When I run my application through accessibility tools, the logo is consistently flagged as an issue. For reference, I’m looking under: Org → Settings → General → Org Profile → Logo another place with the same…
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How to submit accessibility issues to Esri Technical Support
Ensuring digital accessibility is a shared responsibility between software providers and the organizations that implement their technology. When accessibility barriers are identified in Esri products, submitting those issues through Esri Technical Support is the most effective way to document, track, and resolve them. This…
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Accessibility Issues: ARIA progressbar nodes must have an accessible name
HI! We're currently in the process of updating our applications to meet WCAG accessibility standards and are reviewing all of them as part of this effort. You may have seen my other post. Per our ESRI solution engineer has recommended that we post all issues in the community forum in addition to opening tickets. We're…
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Accessibility Issues: Buttons must have discernible textARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements
We're currently in the process of updating our applications to meet WCAG accessibility standards and are reviewing all of them as part of this effort. One challenge we’re facing is determining which accessibility issues we can resolve ourselves and which fall under Esri’s responsibility. For example, we’ve encountered…
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Accessibility Issues: Buttons must have discernible text
We’re currently working on updating our applications to meet WCAG accessibility standards and are reviewing all of them as part of this process. One challenge we’re facing is identifying which accessibility issues we can address ourselves and which fall under Esri’s responsibility. Has anyone else encountered similar…
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Instant Apps Basic Template - Share button color contrast
In Instant Apps, I've noticed depending on the template you choose, your color theme is applied differently. Our Parks department uses the "basic" template quite a bit and even though we have chosen accessible colors, the share button in the top right corner is black against our blue header. It seems like there isn't a way…
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WCAG AA accessible polygon colors
To make a polygon map accessible that displays some data attribute field: we "can not use color alone to convey information", we need to also include something else like text or hatching, or alternatively without those, I have seen that we can use the contrast between colors. It seems to me that looking at the contrast…
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Learn about Accessibility at Esri FedGIS 2026
The Esri FedGIS conference is a leading event for geospatial professional development, tailored for government professionals across all levels. Scheduled for February 10–11, 2026, in Washington, DC, Esri has organized this event to deliver up-to-date learning experiences, curated opportunities for professional growth, and…
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What's new in Accessibility: August-December 2025
Esri's continued commitment to accessibility leads to consistent product development enhancements and robust accessibility features. Accessibility is considered throughout planning, design, and development of ArcGIS. This article outlines recent accessibility enhancements and functionality introduced in Esri's latest…
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Focus indicator accessibility instant apps
We embed our instant apps in websites and have had a couple of issues with the focus. If anyone knows how to fix these, please let me know. One the focus indicator jumps to the app if it is in the view at all, which violates WCAG. I tried doing disable_window_focus, but it doesn't seem to work. Second, the user gets…
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Keyboard focus text in Experience Builder
I'm trying to better understand how Experience Builder text widgets work as they relate to keyboard navigation and screen readers. Using this example application, a keyboard and screen reader test cannot focus on the title, subtitle, or the text above the filters in the sidebar which may all be strikes against WCAG 2.1.1…
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Instant Apps Shared Theme - Logo Alt-Text
Is there a way to configure the organization's Shared Theme to include alt-text for the organization logo? Right now it looks like I can choose the colors, upload the logo and the link it goes to, but when I create a new instant app, the creator still has to enter their own Alt-Text for the logo. I'd like to configure this…
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Heading levels in Instant Apps
I'm working on doing accessibility assessments for some of our public-facing Instant Apps. When I run them through the WAVE extension, they're always missing a level 1 heading, and H2 is often skipped. Is there something I can change in the settings to get the headings correct? Would it make sense to have the App title be…
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Search Suggestion dropdown and Screen Readers
I have a Zone Lookup App and wanted to know if this issues can be remedied in a future update? If I type 110 into the Search Bar of the app the locator provides suggestions. However, while the arrow keys move focus, the screen readers does not announce suggestions. The list box, options, or roles may not be…
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The Countdown is on to the Esri User Conference 2025!
The Esri Accessibility team is busy getting ready for the Esri User Conference in San Diego this summer. This year from July 14 - 17, attendees have access to more than 600 technical sessions, demo theaters, user presentations and special interest group meetings. The theme this year is “GIS - Integrating Everything,…
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Problème avec mon programme ArcGIS PRO
Bonsoir chers tous, Je vous contacte suite à un problème que j'ai découvert seulement ce soir. J'ai tenté de mettre à jour ma version de ArcGIS PRO vers la dernière, la 3.5.0 Malheureusement, j'ai obtenu une erreur non comprise. J'ai ensuite tenté de revenir vers la version précédente, la 3.4.0 Mais là encore, j'ai un…
