Title: Accessibility Issues
Last modified: March 13, 2024

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# Accessibility Issues

 *  Resolved [Shahadat Hossain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5h4h4d4t/)
 * (@5h4h4d4t)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-issues-38/)
 * Hi,
 * I would like to start by thanking you for creating such a useful plugin!
 * I have tested the latest version on my local machine and found a few accessibility
   related issues. Hoping you can incorporate fixes for these issues in future releases.
   Here is the list of the issues I came across:
    1. Metaslider uses tabindex=”-1″ which makes it the first focusable element on 
       the page. It should use tabindex=”0″ if it’s meant to be focusable following
       the normal tab order, or tabindex=”0″ if it’s meant to be programmatically focusable
       but not reachable using tab.
    2. Even though the left/right arrow keys are usable on the keyboard, that behavior
       isn’t expected or explained to users, including but not limited to blind / screen-
       reader users.
    3. The use of the [aria-live](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-live)
       attribute is also a major accessibility issue when autoplay is enabled on the
       carousel. Would it be possible to address that as well in future releases?
 * Thanks,
   Shahadat

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 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-issues-38/#post-17497385)
 * Hi [@5h4h4d4t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5h4h4d4t/). Thanks for using
   MetaSlider and for the helpful feedback.
 * We did try to roll out fixes for this about 6 months ago but ran into problems
   with legacy slideshows. With such a big user-base, it’s amazing how even the 
   smallest changes can cause problems for someone.
 * Talking with our team today, we might try again. This time we can make the features
   opt-in so those legacy users can disable this if needed.
 *  Thread Starter [Shahadat Hossain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5h4h4d4t/)
 * (@5h4h4d4t)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-issues-38/#post-17499806)
 * Hi @@stevejburge,
   Thank you for getting back to me and it’s good to know that
   you are already aware of the issues.The opt-in option sounds promising. Hopefully,
   you and your team can make it happen without upsetting the legacy users soon.
 * Thanks
   Shahadat
 *  Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/)
 * (@stevejburge)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-issues-38/#post-17500323)
 * Thanks to you also, [@5h4h4d4t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5h4h4d4t/).
   At the moment our team’s guess is that we can include this in our late-April 
   release.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessibility-issues-38/#post-17500323)
 * Status: resolved