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

[Andy Goryachev]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:57:39 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr 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.
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> modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/docs/javafx/scene/doc-files/cssref.html line 1898:
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>> 1896:     <p class="grammar">ease | ease-in | ease-out | ease-in-out | cubic-bezier(<a href="#typenumber" class="typelink"><number [0,1]></a>, <a href="#typenumber" class="typelink"><number></a>, <a href="#typenumber" class="typelink"><number [0,1]></a>, <a href="#typenumber" class="typelink"><number></a>)</p>
>> 1897:     <p>The values have the following meaning:</p>
>> 1898:     <table style="margin-left: 40px;">
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> A reasonable caption might be:
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> <caption>Cubic Bézier Easing Functions</caption>

captions are centered across the table, and without the grid lines are going to look ugly

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2082#discussion_r2835452310