axe-core

Bug Fixes

• aria-allowed-role: Allow iframe role=none (a4fa44d)
• color-contrast: Prevent crash on large inline elments #1306 (#1341) (e1bcafc)
• commons: Allow any node in aria.getRole (#1258) (26fa49a), closes #1163
• i18n: Fix and add Japanese translation (#1368) (74fa0a4, #1291) (f450176, #1332) (0a03c8f, #1107) (8138e55)
• messages: Change messages from "page" to "document" where appropriate (#1156) (49dff2b), closes #983 #983
• rule: Frame-title applies to wcag242 (#1312) (9225ae0)
• rule: Prevent th-has-data-cells from crashing on empty rows (#1285) (88017be)
• typedefs: Do not require brand and application (#1264) (59465dc), closes /github.com/dequelabs/axe-webdriverjs/blob/v2.0.1/lib/axe-injector.js#L28
• Add Banner comment in generated axe files (#1112) (e4788bf)
• Allow div groups for dlitem rule (#1284) (d76cd36)
• Allow role presentation and none on object-alt rule (#1224) (d475a17)
• Avoid IE problems by using nodeName instead of tagName (#1219) (cf86ff5)
• Better unsupported attribute support for aria-roledescription (#1382) (93f721e), closes #1216
• Consider element's accessible names when labels are hidden (#1187) (b91b624), closes #1176
• Correct autocomplete appropriate to handle state terms (#1121) (35a4d11)
• Correct autocomplete street address (#1217) (27fce9d)
• Correct autocomplete-appropriate node type resolution (#1318) (2fc3eeb)
• CSSOM generation for shadowRoot in Safari (#1113) (a51ae03)
• Don't flag invalid roles in unsupportedrole (#1328) (2dfcbaa)
• Escape href attribute when generating a CSS selector [#1137](<#1366>) (0c2f42d)
• Flag hidden elms with disallowed role(s) for review (#1225) (bdff141)
• Handle noscript and template in dom.isVisible (#1257) (e67fc65)
• html-lang-valid should consider xml:lang (#1152) (4279c72)
• Ignore invalid and allow redundant role in aria-allowed-role (#1118) (a0f9b31)
• Introduce dom.isHiddenWithCSS for use in dom.isFocusable (#1211) (2cff417)
• Log instead of error on unknown tag (#1290) (f82d773)
• Prevent TypeErrors in color-contrast checks (#1320) (a34165c), closes #1306 #1259
• Respect preload set to false (#1298) (e847d38)
• Set preload:true as default (#1281) (c9731c8)
• Support skiplinks starting with "/#" (#1286) (f93c0c9)
• Update SC to wcag134 for CSS Orientation Rule (d3f90df)

Features

• commons: Add matches methods (#1270) (986c97a), closes #1163
• image-alt: require alt text or empty strings (#1260) (e24cea9)
• new-rule: New aria-hidden-focus rule (#1166) (4489965)
• new-rule: Separate form-field-multiple-label from label rule (#1226) (0e0063c)
• new-rule: Label and Name from Content mismatch WCAG21 (Issue #1149) (#1335) (a4255da)
• rule: Require unique aria labels in checkboxgroup & radiogroup (#1316) (c9b310d)
• Add a reference to the node a rule failed on (#1321) (68741de), closes #1317
• Add allowEmpty option for aria-valid-attr-value (#1154) (89d18d0), closes #994
• Add environment details to results (#1353) (e795f7d)
• ARIA supported checks (#1254) (51a18a8), closes #918
• New rule landmark-complementary-is-top-level (#1239) (328ca2c)
• Pass context argument to rule matches (#1370) (b374669)
• Rebuild the accessible text algorithm (#1163) (5f420e5)
• Tag review-items rule as 'best-practice' (#1344) (05f37de)

Performance Improvements

• Defer rules rather than checks (#1308) (80c1c74), closes #1172
• Speed up getNodeFromTree (#1302) (5f834ed)
• Update performanceTimer end mark for rules (#1303) (a28674e), closes #701 #1172

Deprecate

• Deprecate axe.commons.utils namespace (#1330) (df93272)

3.1.2 (2018-09-07)

Bug Fixes

• i18n: Update Japanese locale (#1107) (8138e55)
• autocomplete appropriate to handle state terms (#1121) (35a4d11)
• banner comment in generated axe files (#1112) (e4788bf)
• ignore invalid and allow redundant role in aria-allowed-role (#1118) (a0f9b31)

3.1.1 (2018-08-28)

Bug Fixes

• Fix broken 3.1.0 release script (c3b2a52)

3.0.3 (2018-06-04)

Bug Fixes

• Resolve markdown lint errors. (efdad94) (aa90155)
• Don't require all ARIA IDREFS to exist (#921) (130efed)
• generate unsupported aria roles and attributes. (7315662)
• Make empty role=lisbox elements as incomplete (#927) (87e979f)
• Prevent axe-core crashing on “-“ as a class name (#884) (9c4d84e)
• Right trim URLs before outputting them in getSelector (#924) (4775a23), closes #788
• td-has-heading to ignore td with its role changed (#928) (d68af4c)
• Update tags for frame-title rule (#935) (6436bbf)
• core: Define 'axe-core' as an AMD module (#859) (7b46f63), closes #849 #856 #861 #847 #844 #871 #849 #849
• Update tags to accesskey & link-name rules (#922) (a8e801c)
• rule: Layout-table does not match presentation / none roles (#828) (5651ecc)
• rule: restore labelledBy on unlabeled select (b7bdf66)
• rules: Allow focusable role=application elements (b5de450)
• typescript: Update ElementContext type (#822) (eb09248)

Features

• generate ARIA supported documentation for roles and attributes. (6f095dd)
• generated impacts as a part of rule descriptions (#898) (6265608)

Bug Fixes

• rule: Allow empty aria-labelledby values (#829) (d280c5f)
• Prevent color rules from crashing Chrome 66+ #856 (#861) (147b665)
• respondable: Identify the current axe instance by its application name when it exists (affd75c)
• respondable: Use the hard-coded axe.application name as default (ab4a49f)
• rule: Ignore hashbang URLs for skiplinks (#827) (e1f0c57)
• rule: Tag video-caption only as SC 1.2.2 (87818e7)

Bug Fixes

• Allow mixed casing of caption/summary (ca091ac)
• Allow title on button-name (#794) (e31fe9a)
• sri: Fix incorrect sri-history entries (#789) (f5f55f3)

Bug Fixes

• Allow exclusion of Shadow DOM content (cc66eb2)
• Avoid flatTree memory leak (a902e80)
• main-is-top-level: Rename check to landmark-is-top-level for greater reuse (b405af1)
• Avoid timing issue with axe cleanup method (24ea6a7)
• correct misnamed check (1e709e0)
• Correct runOnly object for TypeScript definition (571e984)
• has-at-least-one-main: Rename check to page-has-main, for reusability (9a9c283)
• has-no-more-than-one-main: Rename check to page-no-duplicate for better reuse (e75324b)
• region: Ignore forms without accessible name as landmarks (8ad2718)
• rule: skip-link rule doesn't decode URI encoded href's (818b5cd)
• Ensure all rules have a category tag (d61e67d)
• make getSelector work with URIs that cannot be shortened (a113555)

Features

• Make aria-level required with role=heading #740 (64b743f)
• aria: allow DPUB ARIA roles (70b48f6)
• frame-tested: Use this new rule to test if all frames are available, instead of axe.log (83cd17d)
• landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level: add rule ensuring top level contentinfo (5692e7d)
• landmark-no-more-than-one-banner: add rule ensuring no more than one banner (6617800)
• landmark-no-more-than-one-contentinfo: add rule ensuring no more than one contentinfo (82217ef)
• page-has-heading-one: Added new best-practice rule (cb8f261)
• rules: add new rule aria-dpub-role-fallback (9470c02)
• Make options.runOnly more forgiving about plurality (fa81f9d)
• Translated all 3.0 rules to Japanese (3862e7e)

BREAKING CHANGES

• Incorrect use of runOnly now throws errors
• main-is-top-level: The check main-is-top-level is no longer available
• has-at-least-one-main: Original has-at-least-one-main check is no longer available

Bug Fixes

• Correct runOnly object for TypeScript definition (571e984)
• has-at-least-one-main: Rename check to page-has-main, for reusability (9a9c283)
• has-no-more-than-one-main: Rename check to page-no-duplicate for better reuse (e75324b)
• main-is-top-level: Rename check to landmark-is-top-level for greater reuse (b405af1)
• region: Ignore forms without accessible name as landmarks (8ad2718)

Features

• aria-required-attr: Make aria-level required with role=heading #740 (64b743f)
• aria: allow DPUB ARIA roles (70b48f6)
• frame-tested: Use this new rule to test if all frames are available, instead of axe.log (83cd17d)
• landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level: Add rule ensuring top level contentinfo (5692e7d)
• landmark-no-more-than-one-banner: Add rule ensuring no more than one banner (6617800)
• landmark-no-more-than-one-contentinfo: Add rule ensuring no more than one contentinfo (82217ef)
• page-has-heading-one: Added new best-practice rule (cb8f261)
• rules: Add new rule aria-dpub-role-fallback (9470c02)

BREAKING CHANGES

• main-is-top-level: The check main-is-top-level is no longer available
• has-at-least-one-main: Original has-at-least-one-main check is no longer available

Bug Fixes

• perf: Improve getSelector performance (737c81c)
• Delete Selenium example, use grunt-axe-selenium instead (063e701)

Features

• Update Jasmin example (72d49d5)
• Update Jest+React example (5b35322)
• Update Mocha example (cf70f9f)
• Update PhantomJS example (641b5e6)
• Update QUnit example (028ae51)

Bug Fixes

• audio-caption: Change tag wcag122 to wcag121 #686 (#721) (9c7b9f1)
• empty-heading: Skip headings with the role changed #645 (#722) (80ef961)
• image-alt: Exclude svg[role="img"] elements (#683) (0fe74d8)
• label: Prevent label rule from crashing on input without type #678 (#730) (4498680)
• perf: improve select performance fixes #702 (3274919)
• perf: memoize axe.utils.select (c9cd122)
• perf: normalize all selectors for better cache utilization (189c165)
• perf: remove need for node sorting from select completely (7677a6a)
• performance: significantly improve the performance of the dom.findUp utility fixes #696 (9197e03)
• add shadow dom coverage to all checks (0e48413), closes #690
• bug-705: cleanupPlugins() should not throw exception when no arguments are provided (#709) (fb1d2f7)
• Remove axe.a11yCheck() (88d039f)
• use virtual methods where applicable (6ddc4e5)
• type-checking: Improve typescript axe.run call signature (#707) (de45ee3)

Performance Improvements

• Add performance metrics in Rule.runChecks (#701) (27fdc2f)

Bug Fixes

• aria-errormessage: adds support for aria-errormessage (#517) (c96f58c)
• check: fix bug with async checks (441ca95)
• color-contrast: allow disabled label children (db26bc9)
• color-contrast: incl. elements w/ line breaks (a464918)
• commons/aria: allow aria-required on checkbox role (3e21c6e)
• adjust color algorithm for inline elements (7f8491e)
• Allow checkbox and radio groups with hidden aria-labelledby targets #188 (6149bde)
• Ensure overloaded Array.prototype won't crash axe (ea57ef2)
• handle contrast of multiline inline el's (f9d565f)
• Polyfills are made non-enumerable #648. (#649) (48d8703)
• Remove href-no-hash rule (342cb6e)
• Return inapplicable results (#473). (c9caeff)
• Several of fixes for IE and Edge (#577) (63e1272)
• skip-link rule now checks if a target exists (f7f9cf3)
• commons/aria: allow aria-required on radio role (58b76a6)
• commons/dom: fix isFocusable functions by checking screenreader (#658) (c665d0b), closes #647
• core/utils/querySelectorAll: Ensure that elements do not get tested twice (#666) (a76a454)
• required-children: add combobox > listbox exception (#559) (8d0991f)
• rules/region: Treat <section> as a landmark if it has an accessible name #640 (#642) (c11b442)

Features

• Add rule, landmark-main-is-top-level (#462) (63040bd)
• collect-results-from-frames: add frameWaitTime option (#661) (8016ad1)
• landmark-one-main: add rule ensuring one main landmark in document (#498) (dfc6069)
• reporter: return one result of each type instead of zero when resultTypes is used (#604) (216a83b), closes #603
• rule: Flag div/p/spans/headings in focus order (ce5f3dc), closes #632
• allow options in aria-allowed-attr, aria-required-attr (#673) (61ac303)
• Enable all rules by default (18263eb)
• Improve generated selectors for namespaced elements in XHTML (#582) (9e3ca45), closes #563

BREAKING CHANGES

• Skip-link rule no longer requires skip lins with a focusable target.

Bug Fixes

• Remove a console.log statement

Bug Fixes

• Added message about expected contrast ratio (#381) (#562) (a34c023)
• color contrast misc (#639) Closes #607, #556 (7cb0325)
• copy precommit hook as file, not a link (b3bf3d4)
• aria-allowed-attr: align rowcount, colcount, and colindex with 1.1 spec (#555) (320ef55)
• Ensure overloaded Array.prototype won't crash axe (8086a67)
• check: fix bug with async checks (34bc4f8)
• commons/aria: allow aria-required on checkbox role (0d7a9a1)
• commons/aria: allow aria-required on radio role (31e9f4c)
• helpUrl: Properly parse x.0 versions (#550) (6457ba4)
• postinstall: use node, more conditionals (#520) (54f7ddd)
• rule/dlitem: use a case-insenstive tagName test (#652) (e67a913), closes #581
• rules/region: Treat <section> as a landmark if it has an accessible name #640 (#642) (0131458)
• Polyfills are made non-enumerable #648. (#649) (1ab4629)
• Return inapplicable results (#473). (0a2a5cc)
• try telling circle to skip .git/hooks (3b88acd)
• update main rules/tests for 2x branch (b128e92)

Features

• landmark-one-main: add rule ensuring one main landmark in document (#498) (ff0a1b8)
• add precommit hook on npm postinstall (122c475)
• Add rule, landmark-main-is-top-level (#462) (f007b47)
• Improve generated selectors for namespaced elements in XHTML (#582) (dbe63eb), closes #563
• docs: rename aria._lut, add to developer guide

Bug Fixes

• aria-errormessage: adds support for aria-errormessage (#517) (465d41d)
• adjust aria-errormessage for the 2x branch (19232e5)
• Merge options.resultTypes (7b28c22)
• Merge required-children.js fix into v2 (86b4a0e)

Features

• reporter: return one result of each type instead of zero when resultTypes is used (#606) (482374f), closes #605

Bug Fixes

• aria-allowed-attr: align rowcount, colcount, and colindex with 1.1 spec (#555) (10efa88)
• required-children: add combobox > listbox exception (#559) (8d0991f)
• Added message about expected contrast ratio (#381) (#562) (9e30d64)

Performance Improvements

• reporter: add option to limit result types to be processed (#568) (42b46d9), closes #512

Bug Fixes

• aria: adding support for aria-expanded in menuitem (#521) (b4c42fe)
• Match prerelease versions for helpUrl (#546) (c166708)
• fix(node4): use var to declare variables (#541) (c72badb)

Bug Fixes

• aria: adding support for aria-expanded in menuitem (#521) (b30b451)
• color-contrast: Include THEAD and TBODY in contrast checks (#514) (f98f8bd)
• Match prerelease versions for helpUrl (#546) (5300577)
• helpUrl: Properly parse x.0 versions (#550) (a51c5ce)
• postinstall: use node, more conditionals (#520) (f5b5299)
• responsible: Restrict error construction to known errors (0128a7e)

This patch release fixed an issue preventing installs on Windows and dependency installs.

Bug Fixes

• fix(postinstall): use node, more conditionals (#520) (98fac8a)

Note: use release v2.4.1 as a dependency or in development on Windows.

Bug fixes:

• fix(color-contrast): Include THEAD and TBODY in contrast checks (#514) (f98f8bd)
• fix(responsible): Restrict error construction to known errors (#513) (0128a7e)

v2.4.0-alpha.2

• test(aria): aria-haspopup, aria-modal for 1.1
• style(test/aria): add line breaks for readability
• test(aria): add missing roles and properties
• fix: RestoreScroll was running out of sync (#508)

v2.4.0-alpha.1

• chore: add help text for testconfig Grunt task
• fix: Properly output error stack
• doc: Add 'on mobile' to viewport rule
• fix: Ensure all tests pass in Chrome
• fix: Minimise scrolling in getBackgroundColor
• chore: Minor build chores for whitespace and lockfile
• fix: Align impact levels with Deque Way
• fix: Set relatedNodes on color/link-in-block rules
• fix: incomplete results should have impact
• fix(aria): Allow implicit attribute values
• chore: ignore growl in retire
• fix: Use getAttribute(id) over .id
• fix: Exclude any checks from output if one passed
• fix(aria): Treegrid should own rows, not treeitems
• fix(aria): add exception for native input combobox missing textbox. Fixes #160
• test: fix aria/required-children for jshint
• feat: allow link text from single-cell layout table
• fix: expand tr support for color contrast
• chore: ignore node_modules in examples when linting

Features:

• docs: Document how to propose axe-core rules (#507) (cabd329)

v2.4.0-alpha.2

• feat(ARIA 1.1): Allow row-index, setsize and posinset on more roles

v2.4.0-alpha.1

• feat: Add option restoreScroll
• doc: add more info on testing hidden regions
• feat: add S.C. 2.4.4 to link-name rule. Fixes #369
• feat: Add Japanese localisation
• doc: Add instructions on debugging on CircleCI
• test: add unit tests for button-has-visible-text
• chore: add descriptions to Grunt tasks
• feat(aria): Support progressive ARIA 1.1 attributes / roles
• feat: Add new ARIA 1.1 values for haspopup
• feat: Add aria-orientation to additional roles

Bug fixes:

• fix(color-contrast): Include THEAD and TBODY in contrast checks (#514) (f98f8bd)
• fix(responsible): Restrict error construction to known errors (#513) (0128a7e)