UI Accessibility Improvements: Pull down menus throughout site do not indicate their function as a pull down menu or announce changed state once selected

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Major
    • 2.4.0, 2.3.0.patch
    • Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
    • Component/s: UI
    • Environment:
      Technology Used: NVDA (ver. 2016.1), Firefox (ver. 48.0.2) on Windows 10 PC

      Problem:
      Pull down menus throughout site do not indicate their function as a pull-down menu or announce changed state once selected.

      For example, in the "More Actions" pull-down menu (shown above), there is no cue that this is a pull-down menu or an announcement that the menu has been opened.

      Solutions:
      Add ARIA to indicate menu role and state of expand or collapse.

      For example, in the “more actions” pull down menu, we would start by adding aria- haspopup="true" and aria-expanded=”false” and role = “menu” to the anchor object for the “More actions” link.
      <a class="btn btn-medium btn-block dropdown-toggle" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" aria- >
      More actions
      <span class="caret"></span> </a>
      Adding a JavaScript action (another onclick handler) to change aria-expanded=”true” once the “More action” link is selected would provide feedback to the screenreader that the menu is in expanded mode.

            Assignee:
            Vivek Sachdeva
            Reporter:
            Vivek Sachdeva (Inactive)
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