We've upgraded our Accessibility validation servers to the latest version of axe-core, 4.6, which improves many accessibility rules and fixes some bugs from previous versions.
This release adds requirements introduced in WAI-ARIA 1.2, which can result in new issues. The color contrast rule has been improved which should reduce the number of incomplete results. ## Feature Highlights * **aria-required-attr**: require aria-controls on combobox and aria-valuenow on focusable separator * **list, listitem**: do not allow group as allowed parent or child * **required-attr**: require aria-checked for checkbox-like and radio-like roles ## Bug Fixes * **aria-allowed-role**: allow combobox on button, checkbox and combobox on input[type=button] * **aria-required-children**: allow menu as child of menu * **color-contrast**: consider -webkit-text-stroke & -webkit-text-fill-color * **color-contrast**: correctly calculate background color of text nodes with different size than their container * **get-role**: handle presentation role inheritance for vnodes with no parent * **html-lang-valid**: only run rule when attribute has value * **metadata**: Map aria-required-children to ACT rule ## Full Changelog Check out the [4.6 release notes](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/releases/tag/v4.6.0). ## Current accessibility ruleset Check out the full list of accessibility rules that are being checked currently by our web crawler Accessibility rules checked by Rocket Validator.