RFR: 8378366: Accessibility issues in CSS Reference Guide and Introduction to FXML

[Kevin Rushforth]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:08:14 GMT, Andy Goryachev <angorya at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Addressing the accessibility issues in JavaFX CSS Reference Guide and Introduction to FXML documents:
> 
> [JDK-8378306](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378306) In JavaFX CSS Reference Guide, a `<ul>` element must appear within an `<li>` element
> [JDK-8378308](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378308) In JavaFX CSS Reference Guide, <textarea> elements do not contain a label
> [JDK-8378309](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378309) In JavaFX CSS Reference Guide and Introduction to FXML, there are color contrast issues
> [JDK-8378310](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378310) In JavaFX CSS Reference Guide and Introduction to FXML, a "Skip to Main Content" link doesn't exist
> [JDK-8378307](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378307) In JavaFX CSS Reference Guide, some tables don't use the scope attribute or the <caption> element
> 
> For ease of reviewing, the first 5 commits correspond to individual tickets.
> 
> Most of the changes are trivial, but for [JDK-8378307](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378307) I decided to replace the table with `<ul>` list used elsewhere in similar situations.
> 
> In [JDK-8378308](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8378308) the `<textarea>`s were made read-only because obviously.

Visually, I also like the table format, although I note that keeping it will require the following to make the table accessible:

1. A `<caption>` tag with a summary for each table
2. A header row (with each entry in that row as a `<th scope="col">`). This one should be easy: "Easing Function" and "Description" would be reasonable column headers in the header row.
3. Changing the first item of each row (the keyword) from `<td ...` to `<th scope="row" ...`

@mstr2 Do you have a good summary in mind for the needed `<caption>` ?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2082#issuecomment-3937424505