Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See standard-version for commit guidelines.

4.5.0 (2022-10-17)

Features

Highlights

new rule: Add WCAG 2.2 target-size rule (off by default) (#3616) (691f1b6)
new rule: Add meta-refresh-no-exceptions (off by default, wcag2aaa) (#3530) (27031a8)
identical-links-same-purpose: Disable by default (wcag2aaa rule) (#3615) (a2c2d2f)
link-in-text-block: Remove experimental and enable by default (#3706) (37b6e7a)
i18n: Add Norwegian Bokmål locale (#3375) (2886d33)
i18n: Add Hebrew translation (#3438) (b4162ed)

Tags and Metadata Updates

Various changes of tags, for greater consistency with ACT Rules.

area-alt: Remove the wcag111 tag (#3479) (1c3cc51)
aria-hidden-focus: Remove the wcag131 tag (#3477) (36ace76)
empty-table-headers: Rule is now best-practice and fails instead of incompletes (#3427) (0a4397d), closes #3404
frame-title: Remove wcag241 tag (#3519) (9c6b828)
input-image-alt: Add the wcag412 tag (#3478) (34272c6)
label,select-name: Remove the sc131 tag (#3476) (7caef89)
meta-viewport: Report as violation of wcag 1.4.4 (#3704) (6f7e4a9)
metadata: Update ACT tags & actIds (#3498) (571722b)

Deprecations

Deprecate Internet Explorer support (#3644) (11f5163)
Deprecate sri-history.json file (#3646) (6f6a89e)
Deprecate and replace dom.isVisible, utils.isHidden, and dom.isHiddenWithCss (#3351) (1ae2ac0)
Deprecate only-dlitems-evaluate & only-listitems-evaluate methods (#3724) (322e9ed)
Deprecate presentation-role-conflict-matchess (#3638) (0f02a15)
Deprecate is-visible-matches, use is-visible-on-screen-matches (#3679) (738dd8f)
Deprecate not-html-matches, use :not(html) instead (#3540) (e0010d9)

Others

aria-roles: Permit fallback roles (#3683) (5665260)
aria-required-children: Allow aria-busy on children (#3569) (3618f50)
aria-required-children: Fail for children which are not listed as required (#3597) (b5ceabc)
getRules: Return actIds when set (#3470) (a3d5cef)
is-in-tab-order: Add isInTabOrder to commons (#3619) (77afe90), closes #3500
list/definition-list: Only allow required owned roles (#3707) (a920d35)
presentation-role-conflict: Test img elements with empty alt (#3717) (ea32fa7)

Bug Fixes

utils: greatly improve the speed of querySelectorAll (#3423) (1cae5ea)
aria-hidden-focus: Do not fail for focus trap bumper elements (#3667) (46b6658)
aria-required-attr: aria-valuenow is no longer required for spinbutton (#3552) (a22cf56)
aria-required-parent: Allow nested group and presentational roles (#3492) (4685270)
aria-valid-attr-value: Report empty values as incomplete (#3635) (fff39db)
avoid-inline-spacing: Add spacing threshold (#3533) (92add05)
checks/no-focusable-disable: Don't count non-disableable elements as disabled (#3393) (bb8b5ca), closes #2466 #2934 #2934 #3315
checks/unsupportedrole: Support unsupported dpub and fallback roles, add role to message (#3395) (3c0f10f), closes #2466 #2934 #2934 #3282
color-contrast-enhanced: Avoid duplicates between color-contrast and color-contrast-enhanced (#3714) (2811f77)
color-contrast: Correctly determine color contrast for element that exactly overlaps midpoint of node (#3565) (90de9aa)
frame-focusable-content: don't fail for elements with negative tabindex (#3493) (94e75ac)
frame-title-unique: Make frame-title-unique reviewOnly and WCAG412 (#3610) (8401b8e), closes #3487
frame-title: ignore frames with negative tabindex (f61f825)
frame-title: return incomplete for presentational iframe with empty title (#3594) (c2cfd84)
is-hidden-for-everyone: count elements inside closed details as hidden (#3726) (e65e962)
is-hidden-for-everyone: support content-visibility: hidden (#3690) (95cf6e7)
is-visible-on-screen: ignore elements hidden by overflow:hidden (#3676) (2935950)
label: avoid passing labels because of an input[value] (#3688) (54a8116)
link-in-text-block: Update rule to match current guidance, revise tests (#3575) (edb88ed)
meta-refresh: Add WCAG's 20-hour exception (#3525) (5beb6c3)
no-autoplay-audio: add reviewOnFail and update tests (#3557) (60ec997)
object-alt: ignore unloaded objects (#3680) (8e03e2c)
page-has-heading-one,landmark-one-main: do not fail if modal is open (#3501) (c6af316)
td-headers-attr: ignore hidden cells with headers attr (#3684) (e0403f4)
td-headers-attr: ignore table elements with their role changed (#3687) (902d07c)
utils.matches: fix attribute exists selector to match empty attributes (#3669) (4b768ea)
valid-lang: ignore lang on elements with no text (#3523) (fd85f39)
valid-lang: run on aria-hidden text (#3634) (a0860bd)
video-caption: remove excludeHidden: false (#3554) (a3e4bbe)

4.4.3 (2022-07-13)

Bug Fixes

axe.d.ts: updates type definition for Rule to add reviewOnFail (#3521) (afb2478)
Continue supporting Node >=4 (#3538) (da7923b), closes #3537

4.4.2 (2022-05-12)

Bug Fixes

aria-hidden-focusable: report incomplete with onfocus (#3407) (6755e89)
aria-hidden-focus: Update rule help & description (#3422) (7cfb4b1)
aria-valid-attr-value: add note about element id being in a different shadow DOM tree (#3421) (24f74df)
color-contrast: consistently return color contrast information in the data object for pseudo elements (#3453) (1a9d95e)
deprecatedrole,color-contrast: fix message to properly include deprecated role, improve color-contrast pass messages (#3387) (650e503)
html-elms: update role allowances for nav element (#3402) (8aa816a), closes #3401
standards: fix address typo in html-elms.js (#3418) (f235cc7), closes #3417

4.4.1 (2022-02-03)

Bug Fixes

DPUB: deprecate endnote, rather than endnotes (plural) (#3373) (1ba9917)
d.ts: correct getFrameContexts return type (#3370) (a1b9611)

4.4.0 (2022-01-26)

Features

add new ARIA roles (#3138) (61be7e5)
aria-allowed-attr: report violation for non-global ARIA attrs on element without role (#3342) (fb5d990)
aria-allowed-attr: report violations for non-global ARIA attributes on elements without a role (#3102) (87cfc0b)
color-contrast: add support for CSS mix-blend-mode (#3226) (d497f40)
commons: deprecate shadowElementsFromPoint (#3311) (c3a7d16)
configure: Deprecate branding: Object, use a string instead. (#3278) (1f01309)
dpub: upgrade to DPUB 1.1 and report deprecated roles (#3280) (034a846)
options: make axe.ping configurable with pingWaitTime (#3273) (ce4dfaf)
rule: add new color-contrast-enhanced rule (WCAG AAA) (#3235) (bec20fc), closes #2934

Bug Fixes

allowed-role: area without href can have a button or link role (#3275) (bf7e60a)
aria-allowed-attr: check for invalid aria-attributes for role="row" (#3160) (cfa900d)
aria-allowed-attr: revert violation for non-global ARIA attrs on element without role (#3243) (112b960)
aria-allowed-children,aria-allowed-parent: allow group role in listbox (#3195) (cb01975)
aria-allowed-role: allow title, aria-label and aria-labelledby on a img element with a supported role (#3224) (006a681)
aria-allowed-role: landmark roles banner on header and contentinfo on footer to only report on top-level rule (#3142) (1fd4b00)
aria-allowed-roles: allow role=radio on img with non-empty name (#3320) (accafdf)
aria-allowed-roles: update role allowances for section element (#3238) (99676ec), closes #3237
aria-allowed-role: Update allowed roles based on ARIA spec updates (#3124) (00f6efc)
aria-allowed-role: updates the allowed roles for the wbr element to none and presentation (#3192) (2f439b3), closes #3177
aria-prohibited-attr: update metadata message (#3206) (d1a768e)
autocomplete-valid: Allow custom autocomplete attribute values (#3225) (6076ee8)
axe.configure: do not remove newline characters from locale doT strings (#3216) (ea2ce17)
axe.d.ts: allow Node for include/exclude object (#3338) (e699939)
axe.run: add option to increase iframe ping timeout (#3233) (ec937e3)
check for hidden elements on aria-errormessage (#3156) (95d37dd)
color-contrast: account for 0 width scroll regions with children (#3172) (5908f0d)
color-contrast: account for elements that do not fill entire bounding size (#3186) (699697b)
color-contrast: check bg on fg contrast for thin text-shadows (#3350) (d92a7e5)
color-contrast: correctly apply page background color (#3207) (fbc581d)
color-contrast: correctly compute color-contrast of truncated children (#3203) (ac7b2b5)
color-contrast: correctly handle nested scroll regions (#3212) (22db29c)
color-contrast: correctly work with positioned elements without z-index (#3209) (725a20c)
color-contrast: inconsistency of bgOverlap message based on scroll (#3310) (25eff98)
color-contrast: properly blend multiple alpha colors (#3193) (e930a70)
core: Incomplete fallback was missing, and could cause infinite loop (#3302) (f23d8c8)
custom-elms: Don't error on custom Element.children prop (#3326) (2ad92f6)
d.ts: Add PartialResults type (#3126) (544b6d5)
get-selector: do not URL encode or token escape attribute selectors (#3215) (6f7e183)
getFrameContext: option.iframe=false always returns an empty array (#3279) (dfa9725)
greater consistency of help / description text (#3204) (0677565)
is-visible: do not error if window.Node does not exist (#3168) (4046087)
jsdoc: typo Sting -> String (d1cc205)
label-content-name-mismatch: account for formatting elements (#3349) (53a6684)
label-title-only: allow hidden labels (#3183) (cad3994)
listitem: allow as child of menu (#3286) (4bf7d35)
nativeSelectValue: update selected value on change (#3154) (1ee88cb)
nested-interactive/aria-text: allow "tabindex=-1" on elements with no role (#3165) (0ddc00b), closes #2466 #2934 #2934
nested-interactive: add focusable descendants as related nodes (#3261) (3b2fdda)
nested-interactive: add message for negative tabindex (#3194) (b445291), closes #2466 #2934 /github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/issues/3163#issuecomment-949804464
nested-interactive: update negative tabindex message to include asssistive technologies (#3262) (b985776)
p-as-heading: p-as-heading rule to account for textContent length (#3145) (400a230)
prohibited-attr: always report incomplete if there is text in the subtree (#3347) (2e27dca)
region: Allow skip menu buttons (#3277) (6b6f2e3)
remove optional crypto dependency (webpack compatibility) (#3358) (aa9d095)
reporter: Run inside isolated contexts (#3129) (afe6675)
respondable: avoid crashes if the data in window.postMessage is null (#3249) (b37b2f6)
scrollable-region-focusable: treat overflow:clip as hidden (#3304) (ef45377)
Separate Level AAA rules from A and best-practices (#3191) (828e526)
skip-link: work with absolute and relative paths (#2875) (ee49d3e)
typescript: allow passing a NodeList to ElementContext (#3161) (ad4b165)

4.3.5 (2021-10-29)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: revert violation for non-global ARIA attrs on element without role (#3243) (e138fd6)

4.3.4 (2021-10-22)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: check for invalid aria-attributes for role="row" (#3160) (76aa5ec)
aria-allowed-children,aria-allowed-parent: allow group role in listbox (#3195) (d742b29)
aria-allowed-role: updates the allowed roles for the wbr element to none and presentation (#3192) (66db765), closes #3177
aria-prohibited-attr: update metadata message (#3206) (f9cf9fa)
axe.configure: do not remove newline characters from locale doT strings (#3216) (5925898)
axe.run: add option to increase iframe ping timeout (#3233) (023f356)
color-contrast: account for 0 width scroll regions with children (#3172) (ac913a1)
color-contrast: account for elements that do not fill entire bounding size (#3186) (84229d4)
color-contrast: correctly apply page background color (#3207) (0ea7e1b)
color-contrast: correctly compute color-contrast of truncated children (#3203) (4adb911)
color-contrast: correctly handle nested scroll regions (#3212) (80d91c0)
color-contrast: correctly work with positioned elements without z-index (#3209) (0322070)
greater consistency of help / description text (#3204) (0be12e6)
Separate Level AAA rules from A and best-practices (#3191) (7e6e6da)
color-contrast: properly blend multiple alpha colors (#3193) (5aa0441)
is-visible: do not error if window.Node does not exist (#3168) (cf58aea)
label-title-only: allow hidden labels (#3183) (ab636ef)
nativeSelectValue: update selected value on change (#3154) (ad584a1)
p-as-heading: p-as-heading rule to account for textContent length (#3145) (e0d4dc6)
typescript: allow passing a NodeList to ElementContext (#3161) (5f2e517)
check for hidden elements on aria-errormessage (#3156) (69b2e33)

4.3.3 (2021-08-24)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-role: Update allowed roles based on ARIA spec updates (#3124) (a1f637f)
d.ts: Add PartialResults type (#3126) (5cdaf01)
reporter: Run inside isolated contexts (#3129) (98066f8)

4.3.2 (2021-07-27)

Bug Fixes

aria-hidden-focusable: disabled aria-hidden fieldset should not have focusable children (#3056) (0865bd7)
aria-required-attr: only require aria-controls if aria-expanded=true (#3089) (63b6c7b)
aria-required-parent: Filter out group from required parent roles if group is present (#3084) (1cb270c)
axe.d.ts: fix finishRun types (#3098) (e79c65c)
color-contrast: check for size before ignoring pseudo elements (#3097) (e0f6c0c)
core: stop mutating Context's input (#3076) (5dc34ee)
finishRun: handle null for failed iframe results (#3096) (8947099)
run,finishRun: don't mutate options, set default reporter to v1 (#3088) (90f0b27)

4.3.1 (2021-07-13)

Bug Fixes

add sri-history.json to npm bundle (#3078) (b525275)

4.3.0 (2021-07-09)

Features

options: accept a string for options.runOnly (4392bc0)
runPartial: Test without frame communication (#3006) (42738b5)
utils: add getFrameContexts method (#2995) (f478bab)
deprecate autocomplete appropriate check (#2917) (1fe1487)
Remove deprecated phantomjs example (#2913) (4a01ffe)
Support multiple languages at once in builds (#2994) (f18a56b)
rule: add ACT Rule IDs to test rule objects (#2866) (cc1ebf5), closes #2820

Bug Fixes

accText: ignore text in embedded content elements (#3022) (fa4f926), closes #3017
aria-allowed-attr: allow aria-posinset and aria-setsize on row elements for treegrids (#2952) (24e6115)
aria-allowed-attr: pass aria-label on some HTML elements (#2935) (d2584ed)
aria-level: New check for aria-level > 6 as needs review (#3061) (73d3ae1)
aria-roles: Mark as needs review if both none and presentation are used on element with no implicit role (#2989) (70c683c)
autocomplete-appropriate: pass for autocomplete=username and type=email (#2896) (43394bc)
color-contrast: add special case for new sr-only technique (#2985) (d6a72f9)
color-contrast: check for pseudo elements on element itself, not just parents (#2980) (9b6ccd0)
color-contrast-matches: only absolutely positioned elements using clip should be not visible (#3038) (e93fdb1)
combobox: support aria 1.2 pattern for comboboxes (#3033) (5ab026d)
frame-tested: run without respondable (#2942) (c046114)
getStandards: Read standards from utils (#2903) (f1a0368)
heading-order: Prevent crash on page with iframes but no headings (#2965) (99e7f0c)
heading-order: use aria-level on headings in addition to role=header elements (#3028) (caccd38)
page-no-duplicate: don't count elements hidden from screenreaders as potential duplicates (#3051) (5e0098b)
publish-metadata: use fail message for rules with reviewOnFail:true (#2987) (b6dc5f6)
utils: unify selecting nodes in shadow tree with shadowSelect() (#3068) (21681da)
JS error in @axe-core/react caused by stale reference to heading (b7094c8)
Remove unnecessary files from npm package (#3054) (7600b7c)
meta-viewport: test that a user-scalable number does not prevent zoom (b3562fb)
region: contents in iframes should pass the region rule if the iframe itself is in a region (#2949) (43145d6)
required-parent: Allow *item > group > *item nesting (#2898) (59b4a7e)
SerialVirtualNode: properly handle empty string attributes (#3042) (dddbc0a)
sri-history: add backported releases (#3004) (6eecf34)
treat input with no role as textbox (#2929) (13d909d)
types: make evaluate check optional (#2902) (417f572)

4.2.4 (2021-10-22)

Bug Fixes

axe.run: add option to increase iframe ping timeout (#3233) (99a848e)

4.2.3 (2021-06-22)

Bug Fixes

accText: ignore text in embedded content elements (#3022) (8fb4635), closes #3017
color-contrast: add special case for new sr-only technique (#2985) (79cbf01)
color-contrast: check for pseudo elements on element itself, not just parents (#2980) (3122550)
frame-tested: run without respondable (#2942) (a1d725d)
publish-metadata: use fail message for rules with reviewOnFail:true (#2987) (00fefa9)
sri-history: add backported releases (#3004) (0332e80)

4.2.2 (2021-06-03)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: allow aria-posinset and aria-setsize on row elements for treegrids (#2952) (3023e69)
heading-order: Prevent crash on page with iframes but no headings (#2965) (4b7db37)
meta-viewport: test that a user-scalable number does not prevent zoom (048c5c1)
JS error in @axe-core/react caused by stale reference to heading (3afda4e)

4.2.1 (2021-05-18)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: pass aria-label on some HTML elements (#2935) (695aa77)
treat input with no role as textbox (#2929) (de18030)
autocomplete-appropriate: pass for autocomplete=username and type=email (#2896) (8b478c8)
getStandards: Read standards from utils (#2903) (52ad4c6)
required-parent: Allow *item > group > *item nesting (#2898) (3acd229)
types: make evaluate check optional (#2902) (75fabfe)

4.2.0 (2021-04-23)

Features

add axe.frameMessenger with configurable allowedOrigins (#2880) (b27bab3)
aria-allowed-attr: add ARIA 1.2 prohibited attrs check (#2764) (4a77e88)
empty-table-header: new rule to flag empty table headers (#2811) (813ee7e)
frame-focusable-content: new rule to test iframes with tabindex=-1 do not have focusable content (#2785) (aeb044c)
locale: missing translations for DE (#2704) (f312994)
locale: Polish translation (#2677) (c46979f)
nested-interactive: new rule to flag nested interactive elements (#2691) (13a7cf1)
role-text: add role-text rule (#2702) (7c05162)
setup/teardown: add functions to setup and teardown axe-core internal data, deprecate axe._tree (#2738) (9d19f24)
standards: add graphics roles (#2761) (22032cc)
standards/aria-roles: add presentational children property (#2689) (78c239c)
utils.getRule: add function to get rule by id (#2724) (9d0af53)
utils/matches: support selectors level 4 :not and :is (#2742) (21d9b0e)
virtual-node: add attrNames property which returns list of attribute names (#2741) (1d864b4)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: error when generic elements use aria-label and aria-labelledy (#2766) (64379e1)
aria-required-children: allow group and rowgroup roles (#2661) (5a264e4)
aria-required-children: only match for roles that require children (#2703) (95de169)
aria-valid-attr-value: pass for aria-errormessage when aria-invalid is not set or false (#2721) (93a765c)
aria-valid-attr-value: report when aria-labelledby ref is not in DOM (#2723) (116eb06)
aria-valid-attr-value: return false when int type attribute uses invalid values (#2710) (ce9917e)
bypass: mark as needs review rather than failure (#2818) (bb41b3e)
focus-order-semantics: allow role=tooltip to pass (#2871) (dc526d8)
heading-order: handle iframe as first result (#2876) (33428d8)
respondable: Avoid message duplication with messageId (#2816) (4bd0acf)
respondable: work on iframes in shadow DOM (#2857) (38cad94)
avoid 'undefined' showing in check messages (#2779) (3beb0b1)
properly translate checks when building axe.js using --lang (#2848) (76545b0)
aria-required-parent: only match for roles that require parents (#2707) (ce8281e)
color-contrast: account for text client rects that start outside the parent container (#2682) (a4e4a34)
color-contrast-matches: do not pass empty string to getElementById (#2739) (0b0fec2)
frame-title: update rule description to be more descriptive (#2735) (159e25b)
heading-order: allow partial context to pass (#2622) (f8baee6)
landmark-complementary-is-top-level: allow aside inside main (#2740) (9388c96)
metadata: consistenct use of 'must' and 'should' (#2770) (603b612)
region: allow role=alertdialog as region (#2660) (b928df7)
select-name: fix typo in accessible name help (#2676) (6b916b9)
to-grid/get-headers: work with rowspan=0 (#2722) (508190b)
types: Add noHtml option (#2810) (c03c826)
utils: fix warning thrown by Webpack (#2843) (0826177), closes #2840
utils: remove attributes from source string (#2803) (8e8c4fa)
add noHtml to axe.configure (#2789) (5c8dec8)
do not allow postMessage with axe version of x.y.z (#2790) (5acda82)

4.1.4 (2021-04-01)

Bug Fixes

respondable: work on iframes in shadow DOM (#2857) (65cbfd0)
utils: fix warning thrown by Webpack (#2843) (df5d01b), closes #2840

4.1.3 (2021-03-04)

Bug Fixes

respondable: Avoid message duplication with messageId (#2816) (9b6eb59)
types: Add noHtml option (#2810) (8bc0bae)

4.1.2 (2021-02-08)

Bug Fixes

add noHtml to axe.configure (#2789) (6e23eb0)
do not allow postMessage with axe version of x.y.z (#2790) (8b1671d)

4.1.1 (2020-11-19)

Bug Fixes

remove axios import (#2653) (2d20cde)
color-contrast: greatly improve color-contrast-matches speed. add aria/get-accessible-ref (#2635) (ba174bd)

4.1.0 (2020-11-13)

Features

new-rule: check that treeitem role has an accessible name (#2615) (5e95153)
Add aria-dialog-name (#2609) (b0e14b0)
aria-toggle-field-name: add option role (#2605) (0af0551)
checks: deprecate role-none and role-presentation for presentational-role (#2503) (cef54a0)
get-role: add noPresentational option (#2549) (4f39299), closes #1792
imports: deprecate axios (#2542) (82d43a0)
label,select-name: allow placeholder to pass label rule, add select-name rule (#2448) (1315f8e)
new-rule: ARIA links, buttons, menuitems have an accessible name (#2571) (9476a1f)
new-rule: aria-tooltip-name (#2548) (d00f378)
new-rule: check that meter role has an accessible name (#2607) (3ca2f04)
new-rule: check that progressbars have an accessible name (#2555) (dd0b44a)
presentation-role-conflict: create rule to flag elements with role conflict resolution (#2440) (e4edffc)
rule-matches: depreacte window-is-top-matches for is-intiator-matches (#2531) (db2be93)
standards: add superclassRole to ariaRoles (#2600) (a5e9ce0)
standards: add superclassRole to dpubRoles (#2606) (1b66930)
utils: deprecate get/set-scroll-state (#2581) (3c4827f)
valid-langs: deprecate validLangs, add isValidLangs, reduce file size (#2527) (8a699ec)

Bug Fixes

commons/get-text-element-stack: account for newline characters when text is larger than container (#2631) (3c2429b)
Update ACT rule tags (#2625) (c640d4f)
aria-errormessage: allow aria-live="polite" on aria-errormessage target (926b6a8)
aria-errormessage: allow aria-live=polite on aria-errormessage target (#2597) (0d5cfb1)
aria-roles: add group to menuitemradio context (#2518) (52b89f1)
aria-roles: Add WAI-ARIA 1.2 roles (#2544) (635b084), closes #2107 #2107 #2107 #2107
attr-non-space-content-evaluate: Split no attribute and empty attribute message (#2495) (5f822f4)
audit: updated axe.reset() to reset branding, application, and tagExcludes. (#2537) (828864b)
autocomplete-valid: allow type=tel for appropriate cc types (#2575) (ae21713)
checks/aria: Mark elements missing from aria-errormessage for review (#2550) (8f9a035), closes #2460
color-contrast: allow small text shadows to serve as text outline (#2627) (432e1f3)
color-contrast: mark elements with pseudo content as needs review (#2613) (fcdbdbc)
color-contrast: properly handle scrolling text (#2619) (984e7e2)
docs/rules: add missing category tags to rules metadata (#2569) (285c442), closes #2554
explicit-label: work with multiple labels (#2573) (d26f106)
get-headers: fix for rowspan and colspan (#2545) (3f02d14)
heading-order: evaluate headings from iframes in DOM order (#2572) (46f6628)
implilcit-role: use type property instead of attribute to resolve input role (#2547) (35e853d), closes #2514
link-name: pass landmark content as link text (#2617) (e77992e)
name-rules: ignore when explicit roles don't require a name (#2629) (52fb138)
region: allow role=dialog and svg elements outside regions (#2586) (fab58d4)
region: treat iframes as regions (#2614) (936db81)
rule: add check node to the check result object (#2608) (b188911)
scrollable-region-focusalbe: do not fail for combobox pattern (#2601) (ac71a57)
deprecate aria-form-field-name-matches for no-name-method-matches (#2584) (8be89e3)
do not allow fallback content for objects (#2525) (486eafe)

4.0.2 (2020-09-08)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: dont error for floating element (#2444) (45eb746)
i18n: proofreading of the french translations (#2485) (ebd0407), closes #2484
implicit-role: return gridcell for td child of grid or treegrid (#2501) (0553d4d)
label: pass when role none or presentation (#2464) (1d3c2fc), closes #2458
link-name: fix regression where link was not named from title attribute (#2492) (b86c73b)
required-parent: fail if intermediate role is not the required parent (#2494) (522865c)
svg-non-empty-title: update fail message to indicate if the title element is empty or missing (#2462) (9598656), closes #2452
valid-lang: fail when lang attribute contains only whitespace (#2504) (8455a7f)

4.0.1 (2020-08-04)

Bug Fixes

checks: do not normalize options for custom checks (#2435) (83056ad)

4.0.0 (2020-07-28)

Breaking Changes

The following rules were deprecated in axe-core 3.x, and are removed in 4.0:

aria-dpub-role-fallback
checkboxgroup
layout-table
radiogroup
video-description

The following checks were deprecated in axe-core 3.x, and are removed in 4.0:

aria/implicit-role-fallback
forms/fieldset
forms/group-labelledby
media/description
tables/has-caption
tables/has-summary
tables/has-th

Features

add layout-table-matches method (#2400) (d7ba70f)
aria/get-roles-by-type: deprecate in favor of standards/get-aria-roles-by-type (#2362) (c0c37ea)
aria/lookupTable, aria-allowed-attr: deprecate aria.lookupTable and passing allowed attributes to aria-allowed-attr (#2395) (739d1b1)
avoid-inline-spacing: add option for which css properties to look at (#2244) (93c027a)
checks: normalize check options to alway be an object (#2219) (da12da7)
checks,rules: remove deprecated checks and rules (#2214) (317545a)
closest: VirtualNode implementation of Element.closest. Deprecate commons.dom.findUp and commons.dom.findUpVirtual (#2139) (493dd22)
color-contrast, utils: add more options to color-contrast, add utils.deepMerge, deprecate commons.color.hasValidContrastRatio (#2256) (49fdb46)
commons/aria: deprecate getRole({ noImplicit }) for getExplicitRole() (#2294) (a2873ea)
commons/standards: create the commons/standards object for helper functions against the standards table (#2358) (6dce974)
duplicate-img-label: add option for parentSelector (#2216) (8906806)
get-role: add presentation role resolution and inheritance (#2281) (e207190)
get-role: work with standards object (#2367) (1b20faf)
globals: deduce required window and document globals from context (#2308) (61bac69)
has-descendant, page-no-duplicate: move page-has-elm and page-no-duplicate to generic check (#2229) (59125a0)
has-lang: add option for which attributes to look at (#2239) (e69c46a)
has-text-content: add generic check has-text-content (#2234) (60ddc65)
i18n: add Basque (eu) translation (#1964) (176cf82)
matcher: allow regex string to be parsed as regex (#2324) (321b2d1)
matches: add explicitRole, implicitRole, and semanticRole matches functions (#2286) (30efbff)
matches-definition: add generic check matches-definition (#2233) (20467aa)
metadata-function-map: add metadata function map to support check evaulate functions as an id string (#2162) (ec9b931)
non-space-content: switch all non-empty checks to new generic check (#2215) (7ce7b00)
object-alt,accessible-text: object-alt rule and accessible text to work with serial virtual nodes with children (e8e17e4)
options: add ancestry CSS selector to nodes (#2389) (f2cccf5)
region: add option to match nodes as region (#2249) (b544554)
required-attrs: deprecate options to pass more required attrs (797ee34)
rule: add reviewOnFail option to have rule return as needs review instead of violation (#2235) (bb72acd)
rule: optional impact on rules (#2393) (e48c1eb)
scope-value: add options for valid scope values (#2245) (44269ec)
standards: add ariaRoles standard (#2328) (70efbc0)
standards: add dpub-roles spec (#2332) (7ec3185)
standards: add get-aria-roles-supporting-name-from-content and deprecate aria/get-roles-with-name-from-content (#2363) (240b528)
standards: add get-elements-by-content-type and implicit-html-roles (#2375) (f1e0848)
add "ACT" tag for published W3C ACT rules (#2382) (cf11b64)
standards: add html-elms spec (#2333) (1d6a888)
standards: create standards object and ariaAttrs (#2315) (48610de)
utils.getFlattenTree: default to documentElement (#2260) (8b14ccc)
valid-lang: add option for which attributes to look at (#2240) (ffee19e)
update SC tags for label rule (#2037) (c7113fc)

Bug Fixes

accessible-name-virtual: allow subtree text to work with virtual and serial nodes (#2346) (67d2dca)
api: correct use of rules property in axe.run (#2278) (1fd9e11)
aria-allowed-attr: Add aria-orientation to radiogroup role (#2322) (5e1f922)
aria-allowed-attr: allow aria-activedescendant on role=application (#2304) (2554f5c)
aria-allowed-role: Add fieldset to allowed elements for radiogroup (#2326) (a5409d4)
aria-allowed-role: allow role=presentation on hr (#2300) (b524ea9)
aria-lablledby: work with virtual and serial virtual nodes (#2341) (c1f3db7)
aria-toggle-field-name: work with virtual nodes (#2353) (e5fb01e)
aria/allowed-attr: work with standards object (#2360) (40397f5)
aria/get-role-type: work with standards object (#2361) (a61e314)
autocomplete: allow all 'tel-*' autocomplete values on type=tel (#2307) (58c8175)
button-name: work with serial virtual node (#2351) (efa0e56)
bypass: find headings in iframes (#2310) (7c23dbd)
color: allow all valid CSS colors (#2381) (63d69ea)
color-contrast: account for text-shadow (#2334) (3eb6d2c)
color-contrast: ignore aria-disabled labels (#2130) (e451b87)
color-contrast: properly handle truncated text (#2302) (a56190c)
dlitem: allow role=presentation on parent dl (#2301) (9857978)
focusable-no-name: work with serial virtual nodes (#2399) (1ef3066)
forms/*: allow all form control value checks to work with virtual nodes (#2343) (8ad41af)
header-present: fail for headings with non-header role (#2306) (b8ffb39)
html-namespace-matches: work with serial virtual nodes (#2398) (18c22fd)
implicit-roles: add proper implicit role calculation (#2242) (e9dd259)
input-button-name: work with virtual nodes (#2352) (63ca388)
is-valid-autocomplete: allow autocomplete="one-time-code" (#2336) (638346f)
label: work with virtual nodes (#2354) (44b033c)
page-has-h1: allow aria-level=1 on native headings (#2349) (70b10b2)
rule: allow impact to be configured (#2426) (f325c75)
rule,check: allow function ids for matches property in rule.configure (#2423) (3ccb781)
run: cleanup globals if set from context (#2387) (d5b6931)
svg-image-alt: work with serial virtual nodes (#2397) (e2537ef)
types: Allow impact to be null (#2321) (757aacd), closes #2313
types: Make any tag allowed (#2314) (5d98a04), closes #2312
typings: update types file (#2425) (0aab922)
virtual-node: default and lowercase type property (#2350) (f6b3484)
ensure correctly generated axe is required by aria-supported build step (#2295) (1414a9f)
aria-required-attr: pass aria-checked for elements with checked property (#2226) (64318a5)
axe.d.ts: add element to NodeResults (#2211) (2429355)
color-contrast: mark more punctutions for review (#2126) (dc98afc)
duplicate-id: list the duplicate id in message (#2163) (f5d4ff9)
required-children: consider overriding descendant role(s)… (#2131) (e1c11dd)
scrollable-region-focusable: pass for elements with contenteditable (#2133) (1012dfe)
th-has-data-cells: fail when only cell points to different header (2d420c3)
types: Add "wcag21aa" and "wcag21a" to our TS definition (#2272) (23674d4)
types: Add missing properties to Spec (#2273) (c39ba9f)

3.5.5 (2020-06-16)

Bug Fixes

aria-input-field-name: add the missing word must to help metadata (b0f5562)
color-contrast: fix font-weight calculation for safari (205b587)
configure: validate rules and checks properties (8c91ead)
is-visible: return false for opacity: 0 and 0 height scrollable regions (86ada3f)
listitem: do not fail for parent with role=presentation|none (a3ddc6e)
meta-viewport: don't throw error if viewport property doesn't have a value (2176794)

3.5.4 (2020-05-22)

Bug Fixes

get-element-stack: properly calculate position of children of floated elements (28a8c58)

3.5.3 (2020-03-31)

Bug Fixes

meta-viewport: parse negative and string values for maximum-scale (#2137) (8c92472)
respondable: ignore reflected messages from iframes (#2134) (3ab9f21)
header-present: update verbiage to use heading instead of header (#2132) (8890063)
color-contrast: mark more punctuations for review (#2126) (dc98afc)
unicode: detect supplementary private use area A (#2102) (f1739c2)
definition-list: Mention
is allowed to group content in
(#2098) (76b1a9f)
td-headers-attr: mark as needs review if headers attr is empty (#2096) (699b566)
td-has-headers: don't fail for empty headers attribute (#2095) (7952a37)
th-has-data-cells: fail when data cell points to a different header (#2094) (d3bd416)
has-lang: update message to indicate that xml:lang is not valid on HTML pages (#2093) (c3a7de2)
page-no-duplicate-contentinfo: do not fail when first element is inside landmark (#2092) (eca7e05)

3.5.2 (2020-03-06)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-role: allow role=spinbutton on inputtype=tel
color-contrast: ignore form elements that move text outside of node using text-indent (#2044) (85cc6ab)
commons: handle node(s) contained by SVG document when de… (#2054) (bf4c9bf)
getCheckMessage: add API to return check message (#2066) (e216322)
has-lang: fail check when xml:lang is used in HTML docum… (#2053) (e07aaea)
label-content-name-mismatch: ignore non widget aria role(s) & do not use deprecated lookupTable.rolesOfType (#2022) (89bd84c)
package-lock: change @deque/doT from agora to npm (#2058) (c03c0e5)
page-has-heading-one: find screen-reader only headings (#2065) (f808a12)
region: ignore direct child text nodes of body (#2050) (fde31d0)
skip-link: identify as skip-link only if the link is offscreen (#2079) (241e1d0)
check invaildrole fails only when all roles are invalid (#2075) (989b317)
ignore empty, whitespace or undefined role for rule `ari… (#2077) (dbd3c02)
update tags for rule area-alt (#2051) (7db231f)

3.5.1 (2020-02-12)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: parse font-weight value as number (#2031) (#2040) (0bb2166)
color-contrast: properly pass options to check (#2033) (26b99c0)
commons: avoid unicode regex encoding in axe.min.js (#2024) (ae90dc4)
sri-history: correct SRI for various versions (#2041) (940c017)

3.5.0 (2020-02-04)

Features

aria-dpub-role-fallback: depreacte aria-dpub-role-fallback and move into aria-allowed-role (#1899) (8e25c20)
aria-label: deprecate Element arg; use virtualNode (#1922) (d14981c)
audit: allow runOnly option to accept an array of rules (#1889) (38d6a3f)
color-contrast: greatly improve performance for very large sites (#1943) (9ea0065)
core: add preload configuration option for media files (#1958) (8a62649)
core/reporters/v1: Add failureSummary to incomplete results (#1972) (c88883d)
get-element-stack: performant api to replace document.elementsFromPoint (#1842) (9ae07fb)
i18n: add Danish (da-DK) translation (#1876) (fb6fc41)
landmark-no-duplicate-*: add rule landmark-no-duplicate-main, don't use html as element source for all duplicate rules (#1949) (5ec7894)
layout-table: deprecate layout-table rule and checks (#1885) (d22cb30)
matches: use VirtualNode and deprecate HTMLElement (#1988) (2600a06)
rule: add color-contrast check for unicode characters, behind flags. (#1969) (0cd4037), closes #1906
rule: identical-links-same-purpose (#1649) (9c73f62)
rule: no-autoplay-audio (#1946) (b2373cb)
svg-img-alt: rule for when svg needs a title (#1953) (9491e09)
deprecate the use doT.js for messages (#1938) (a2ddba3)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: properly pass options to check (#2033) (26b99c0)
commons: avoid unicode regex encoding in axe.min.js (#2024) (ae90dc4)
add tags with dots for wcag sc (#1849) (2f1ab36)
compute orientation lock from various transformation func… (#1937) (c987de0)
ignores axe.ping responses that do not contain axe=true (26cb1fb)
input[role=button][value='correct'] should pass (#1897) (4635fef)
remove heading from list of widget roles (#1882) (a8cbf71)
link-name: test role=link when there is no href (#1921) (6db28bc)
remove isNaN check (#2010) (5359b3f)
aria-allowed-attr: allow aria-details (#1956) (79e1c58)
aria-allowed-role: allow role combobox on input tel, search, url, and email (#1850) (ba75961)
aria-hidden-focus: mark as needs review if a modal is open (#1995) (28a3553)
aria-required-children: allow comboboxes with more popup roles (#1950) (35a24c0)
aria-roles: report error for fallback roles (#1970) (a1b7e08)
aria-valid-attr-value: mark as needs review for aria-current with invalid value (#1998) (39b8eae)
axe.d.ts: RunOnly.values should not accept a RunOnlyOption (#1888) (b68aa19)
build: add lang query parameter to helpUrl when builing with a locale (#1909) (8c5f9ef)
color-contrast: improve speed and accuracy of code blocks with syntax highlighting (#2003) (1b6ab42)
color-contrast: mark as needs review for text that contains only non-BMP characters (#2005) (e559be0)
color-contrast: support IE extension context (#2008) (62e31ea)
color-contrast: take into account parent opacity for foreground color (#1902) (8719700)
getElementStack: do not add hidden elements to the stack (#1991) (759d88d)
is-focusable: use tabindex attribute instead of property (#1912) (042a148)
is-icon-ligature: ignore whitespace characters (#1908) (7d2b2a6)
is-ligature-icon: rename canvas to canvasContext (#1880) (de9885d)
isFocusable: return true for summary element and false for details element with summary child (#1957) (34ec2d7)
listitem: clarify that li elements must be contained in a list or role=list (#1894) (6d8cfee)
locales: fix incompeteMessageFallback to be a string rather than an object (#1853) (88677a9)
meta-viewport: mark as a best-practice rule instead of wcag failure (#1960) (766f962)
only-listitem: add message about invalid role on li elements (#1954) (c3049ab)
page-has-main: do not find hidden elements (#2001) (6429e60)
page-no-duplicate-main: do not fail for duplicate hidden elements (#2000) (414dfb1)
preload: reject promise axe.utils.preload when XHR fails (#2009) (b406b1f)
region: allow content in roles with implicit aria-live (#2002) (a8d829e)
region: return outermost regionless node instead of html (#1980) (8d77be2)
region-rule: allow live regions with explicit roles (#1999) (b49bd95)
run: throw error if axe.run is called after a run has started but not completed (#1914) (3252a02)
server-side-image-map: return as needs review rather than failure (#1898) (d544856)
tabindex: don't error when tabindex property is overridden (#1910) (6b82a4c)
td-has-headers: greatly improve performance of td-has-headers rule (#1887) (a550309)
removes flaky test in axe Pro api check (b2bdcd1)
typings: add proper return value to getRule (#1900) (4d907f8)
unicode: stop parsing escaped unicode strings (#1997) (7447d03)

3.4.2 (2020-02-04)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: support IE extension context (#2008) (cd651a0)
unicode: stop parsing escaped unicode strings (#1997) (523a31c)

3.4.1 (2019-12-11)

Bug Fixes

ignores axe.ping responses that do not contain axe=true (7d8aa42)
input[role=button][value='correct'] should pass (#1897) (3aba02c)
remove heading from list of widget roles (#1882) (beb458f)
listitem: clarify that li elements must be contained in a list or role=list (#1894) (8fa0964)
removes flaky test in axe Pro api check (f2b3b54)
aria-allowed-role: allow role combobox on input tel, search, url, and email (#1850) (75d3c8b)
axe.d.ts: RunOnly.values should not accept a RunOnlyOption (#1888) (94b1466)
build: add lang query parameter to helpUrl when builing with a locale (#1909) (a2f0247)
color-contrast: take into account parent opacity for foreground color (#1902) (639c41b)
is-focusable: use tabindex attribute instead of property (#1912) (aa5314d)
is-icon-ligature: ignore whitespace characters (#1908) (77fc838)
is-ligature-icon: rename canvas to canvasContext (#1880) (604ba4f)
link-name: test role=link when there is no href (#1921) (e839c57)
locales: fix incompeteMessageFallback to be a string rather than an object (#1853) (02a1d8a)
run: throw error if axe.run is called after a run has started but not completed (#1914) (290d125)
server-side-image-map: return as needs review rather than failure (#1898) (ce73af9)
tabindex: don't error when tabindex property is overridden (#1910) (e6875ee)
td-has-headers: greatly improve performance of td-has-headers rule (#1887) (a588cad)
typings: add proper return value to getRule (#1900) (0d7c3d2)

3.4.0 (2019-10-18)

Bug Fixes

aria-allowed-attr: allow 'aria-readonly' on listbox (#1825) (15f5d2d)
aria-form-field-name-matches: don't test combobox elements when they have a child input (#1742) (f0be6dc)
aria-required-children: allow combobox to own a searchbox (#1708) (42158ac)
aria-required-children: allow reviewEmpty nodes to have empty children (#1791) (a5d727c)
aria-valid-attr-value: fix incomplete translation message (#1739) (a0f3eef)
color-contrast: ignore nodes that don't contain text (#1837) (223a4bc)
color-contrast-matches: don't check aria-disabled explicit label element (#1741) (5bb566f)
configure: use translations for failure summaries (#1808) (5e53d7b)
flatten-tree: do not call deprecated getDistributedNodes (#1729) (46a5d11)
form-field-multiple-label: incomplete rather than fail for multiple labels (#1798) (0bdaa2b)
get-background-color: scroll element into view horizontally (#1845) (50df70a)
get-selector: don't throw error for disconnected fragment (#1802) (bb6591b)
label-content-name-mismatch: ignore ligature fonts (#1829) (683e005)
allows all roles on img tag with no alt attribute (929085a)
replace incorrect tag for meta-refresh rule (#1844) (754d56b)
update tags to wcag21aa for rule avoid-inline-spacing (#1757) (973d48f)
label-content-name-mismatch: ignore private space unicode (#1822) (b634c34)
scrollable-region-focus: ignore scrollable regions without content (#1788) (b36754e)
utils: Fix error in IE when getting scroll state on page with SVG elements. Closes #525 (#1820) (9a32f6f)

Features

audit: add lang query paramenter to help urls (#1794) (2d1c8a6)
configure: accept ver property as axeVersion fallback (#1812) (4ebcde8)
configure: add axeVersion property that checks compatibility of axe.version (#1793) (18fb8c8)
fieldset, group-labelledby: deprecate fieldset and group-labelledby checks (#1740) (ec9b762)
i18n: add spanish translation (#1758) (e9f821d), closes #1757
Add axe.utils.assert method (2f10d24)
is-visible: add support for clip-path techniques (#1706) (8ab262a)
radiogroup, checkboxgroup: deprecate radiogroup and checkboxgroup rules (#1640) (6d30880)
Add SerialVirtualNode class (82d01b0)
pt_BR localization (#1756) (330e2ec)
rule: aria-roledescription (#1745) (16682fd)
runVirtualNode: Allow serialised nodes experimental
video-description: deprecate video-description rule (#1737) (e91c25f)

3.3.3 (2020-02-04)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: support IE extension context (#2008) (cd651a0)
unicode: stop parsing escaped unicode strings (#1997) (523a31c)

3.3.2 (2019-08-12)

Bug Fixes

aria-form-field-name-matches: don't test combobox elements when they have a child input (#1742) (5ac278f)
aria-valid-attr-value: fix incomplete translation message (#1739) (6909604)
flatten-tree: do not call deprecated getDistributedNodes (#1729) (48ddf9d)
update tags to wcag21aa for rule avoid-inline-spacing (#1757) (f534a6b)

3.3.1 (2019-07-23)

Bug Fixes

accessible-text-virtual: sanitize attributes on start node (#1694) (c0bb08c)
axe.d.ts: add optional xpath property to NodeResult (#1642) (287ef9c)
get-background-color: No longer calculate color from non-opaque overlapping element (#1644) (d45f81e)
get-background-color: No longer calculate color from non-opaque overlapping elm (f1c2310)
get-background-color: process tbody, thead, and tfoot when getting background color (#1653) (e114bfd)
enable running axe-core in strict CSPs (#1707) (cc5bd59)
image-redundant-alt: check for parent before calculating text (#1705) (1adbd02)
th-has-data-cells: empty cells will now pass (#1659) (c7489ab)
types: add new properties to RunOptions (#1697) (02aa36c), closes #1696
valid-attr-value: allow aria-describedby to return needs review (#1671) (2390925)
color-contrast: add px unit to error messages (#1634) (1712e46)

Tests

examples: do not fail tests if deque.com has violations (#1686) (2118360)
ensure locale files are valid (#1673) (588f9b5)
require new release rule help docs to be active before creating release (#1700) (e9f9c18)

3.3.0 (2019-07-08)

Bug Fixes

add SC 131 to rule aria hidden focus (#1474) (8da9a0d)
Add treegrid as allowed parent to rowgroup (#1435) (94e9893), closes #1386
arguments for gather function in build template (#1605) (753ecf4)
check if property exists in cache of flattenedTree (#1536) (51c2e19)
aria-valid-attr-value: allow aria-owns to pass when element is not in the DOM (#1526) (f835ed8)
deprecate na reporter (#1625) (3e807f0)
Exclude iframe for html-has-lang rule (Issue 1424) (#1430) (98b5ed2)
Include body as part of background color checks when element does not intersect (#1520) (55820cf)
make nullable impact properties have nullable types to match API docs (#1477) (efaed91)
Only load Promise polyfill if window.Promise is missing [#1468](<#1470>) (1d70306)
Prevent error when using <select name="attributes"> [#1397](<#1432>) (b477e0d)
remove unnecessary comments (6ed71c9)
role=radio should not require aria-checked (#1448) (0643cbd)
Scroll state had top and left properties flipped (#1469) (2ba83d3)
skip-link,region: Allow multiple skiplinks at page top (#1496) (642c8f1)
use execa instead of child_process.spawn (461ce83)
aria-allowed-attr: allow figure role (#1558) (a4b5240)
aria-required-attr: allow aria-valuenow to pass on elements with value (#1579) (3893e04)
aria-required-attr: don't require aria-valuemin/max (#1529) (80ae444)
aria-valid-attr-value: allow aria-controls to pass when element is not in the DOM (a7842e5)
flatten-tree: do not call deprecated getDistributedNodes (#1577) (93d59f4)
image-redundant-alt: prevent redundant issues of image tree (#1616) (af81897)
isSkipLink: cache first page link (#1525) (6a1bcba)
matches-selector: don't call matches function if none exist on the element (#1613) (7581592)
multiple-label: considers explicit labels in the same shadow tree (#1584) (b9a324a)
multiple-label: no longer raises issue when aria-labelledby overrides how AT views multiple labels (#1538) (fbae36b)
prettier: ignore generated api doc files (#1522) (c118da0)
raw-reporter: do not output DqElements (#1513) (3babcb6)
scrollable-region-focusable: exclude overflow:hidden as not scrollable (#1599) (940de07)
utils: make cache global instead of only setup in axe.run (#1535) (91a04c5)
virtual-node: fix hasClass to work with svg elements (#1603) (9d83662)

Features

autocomplete-matches: use virtualNode only lookups (#1604) (b32d4fe)
autocomplete-valid: allow autocomplete-valid to be run entirely off of a virtual node (#1591) (b3e0873)
qsa, flatten-tree: abstract Node and Element apis in virtual tree (#1562) (2f2e590)
reporter: adds the rawEnv reporter which wraps raw and env data (#1556) (ed15ed3)
role-img-alt: Split rule for role=img with no accessible name (#1586) (2416ed3)
rule: add additional elements to check for incomplete with required children (#1547) (3726901)
rule: add more perf timing metrics to rules (#1472) (98646e5)
rule,check: add new apis to run a rule synchronously (#1467) (84094a1)
add AbstractVirtualNode for linting (#1627) (a072ed2)
rule: Adding landmark-is-unique rule (#1394) (0088e94)
rule: Inline text spacing must be adjustable with custom stylesheets (#1446) (430b07f)
Improve perf of axe.run WWD-1821 (a84431a)
rule: New aria-input-field-label rule (#1610) (73d5273)
rule: New aria-toggle-field-label rule (#1450) (69a9c3b)
rule: Scrollable region focusable (#1396) (861371a)
rules: split button name rule into button only and button input rules (#1615) (ce20fbf)
run-virtual-rule: new api to run rules using only virtual nodes (#1594) (4e12217)
utils: add support for complex CSS selectors (#1494) (a9f9ee5), closes #1493
utils: Update CSSOM for nested @import computation (#1339) (a4e177b)

Tests

createHTMLDocument needs mandatory title when invoked in IE (#1442) (8542773)
disable es6 syntax usage within tests directory (#1569) (9b13508)
fix flakey test (#1573) (fb38ce7)
Fix invalid test html (#1502) (8d85082)
fix test for Safari (#1557) (1bac69e)
fix tests failing in IE11 (#1570) (2102eca)
only run IE11 tests in appveyor (#1571) (35261ef)
watch integration html and json files (#1598) (3de0b05)

3.2.3 (2020-02-04)

Bug Fixes

color-contrast: support IE extension context (#2008) (cd651a0)
unicode: stop parsing escaped unicode strings (#1997) (523a31c)

3.2.2 (2019-03-07)

Bug Fixes

Avoid "screen is not defined" error [#1404](<#1415>) (c9653a5)

3.2.1 (2019-03-06)

Bug Fixes

Avoid require conflict with Cypress [#1405](<#1406>) (30aa570)

3.2.0 (2019-03-04)

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)

3.1.0 (2018-08-28)

Bug Fixes

rule fix: Allow fallback labels when input has id (#951) (54fa569)
rule fix: Updating aria 1.1 allowed attributes (#964) (c3249c1)
rule fix: Allow aria-errormessage with fallback (17608b6)
rule fix: Ignore abstracts in determining element roles (1af6088)
rule fix: Add combobox and radio required properties (e80af7a)
rule fix: Allow all ARIA idref(s) to be empty (1498696)
rule fix: Allow divs as groups in dl (#1076) (f4f6df6), closes #262
rule fix: Allow live-region and dialog in region rule (#1073) (fb6438b)
rule fix: Allow only-dlitem / only-listitem to have any hidden content (#1098) (6034aae), closes #1021
rule fix: Do not flag font icons in color-contrast rule (#1095) (b6ac084), closes #1068
rule fix: Do not require media captions / descriptions (#1075) (289f623), closes #816
rule fix: improve messaging for hidden labels (ae07b8e)
rule fix: Ignore abstracts in determining element roles (e3b1e1d)
rule fix: Correctly handle role attribute on lists and listitems. (#949) (3a8729b)
core: allow returning a Promise in jsdom from axe.run (#943) (3858a1f)
typescript: Correct Check.evaluate and Check.after type definitions (#976) (db3ed40), closes #974
typescript: Typescript interface updates (#973) (f8c9905), closes #972
messages: Clearer fail message for aria-labelledby (956281b)
messages: Consistent landmark rule/check descriptions (#1003) (d792970)
messages: Show attribute in message (#1061) (9ff5d54)
Check data is an array of IDs (d64bc5f)
Don't crash with slot elements without shadowDOM (#977) (cc044af)
Generate jsdoc(umentation) (9f9b15b)
Stop indexOf override from crashing Axe (#968) (e3329ce)
Use node.matches* in place of prototype.matches* to prevent IE crash (#956) (ebdb590)

Features

new rule: Added new html-xml-lang-mismatch rule (#999) (7452a51)
new rule: aria-allowed-role (#945) (c270a46)
new rule: css-orientation-lock (wcag21) (#1081) (4ae4ea0)
new rule: Add WCAG 2.1 autocomplete-valid rule (e6189ce)
rule fix: Flag unsupported roles (#1064) (5515ee6)
rule fix: Remove non-existing "text" role (#1069) (67ec1f5)
rule fix: Break up duplicate-id rule for ARIA+labels and active elements (2ecfea7)
rule fix: Tag aria rules as WCAG 2, SC4.1.2 issues (e7816c0)
core: Allow rules to access CSSOM assets (#958) (5d6c1fa)
core: Add doT template engine (#1024) (f6f08d4)
commons: Add aria.getRole method (1d2a0e4)
commons: Add text.isValidAutocomplete method (8d44fe4)
i18n: Add runtime localization support (#1036) (7d4b70f)
i18n: Update FR (french) translation file for 3.1 release (#1089) (4a5cad0)
i18n: Update ja (Japanese) locale for 3.1 release (#1101) (ef6cd86)
deprecate: Deprecate audio-caption rule (#1071) (3b05fee)

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)

3.0.2 (2018-04-24)

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)

3.0.1 (2018-04-03)

Bug Fixes

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

3.0.0 (2018-03-19)

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

3.0.0-beta.3 (2018-03-08)

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

3.0.0-beta.2 (2018-03-01)

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)

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See standard-version for commit guidelines.

3.0.0-beta.1 (2018-02-19)

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)

3.0.0-alpha.9 (2018-01-18)

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.

3.0.0-alpha.8 (2017-10-20)

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)

3.0.0-alpha.6 (2017-09-27)

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)

3.0.0-alpha.5 (2017-09-25)

Bug Fixes

aria: adding support for aria-expanded in menuitem (#521) (b30b451)
postinstall: use node, more conditionals (#520) (f5b5299)
Match prerelease versions for helpUrl (#546) (5300577)

3.0.0-alpha.4 (2017-09-08)

Bug fixes:

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

Features:

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

3.0.0-alpha.3 (2017-09-06)

Bug fixes:

Additional ARIA 1.1. support and tests (#509) (9b4d2ee)
fix: RestoreScroll was running out of sync (#508) (ff3df2d)

3.0.0-alpha.2 (2017-09-01)

Bug Fixes

copy precommit hook as file, not a link (16f2f76)
expand tr support for color contrast (5a77c2f)
Ignore shadowRoots on elements that don't allow them (7f66ee8)
only run postinstall if .git exists (1107783)
try telling circle to skip .git/hooks (674408f)
Use frame query that supports shadow dom (#492) (94008ff)

Features

feat: Add sri-history file and update process (25ddb47)
feat: add standard-version (e1e067d)

3.0.0-alpha.1 (2017-08-16)

Bug Fixes

add copyright banner back in to axe.js (2aac29a)
Adjust if formatting (2211d78)
Align impact levels with Deque Way (28f4477)
Allow to have no kind attribute (f996d0f)
complete shadow support for color matches (f0fe551)
aria: Allow implicit attribute values (b949749)
Set relatedNodes on color/link-in-block rules (#407) (7fde0fe)
aria: Treegrid should own rows, not treeitems (645d1fa)
Correct flattened tree algorithm to include the shadow host (#405) (70985b0)
Ensure all tests pass in Chrome (0b0240f)
ensure document is fetched from correct node (b28597c)
Exclude any checks from output if one passed (#466) (2dd3d68)
get tests all passing (#457) (4874327)
get virtualNode with getNodeFromTree (9bf2870)
getComposedParent should not return slot nodes (#438) (0478cbd)
Have table rules use shadow DOM (453be1b)
help-same-as-label for shadow DOM (dbbc544)
incomplete results should have impact (fcc51eb)
Let findUp work on shadow root children (0252218)
Let findUp work on shadow root children (#447) (0f98481)
Minimise scrolling in getBackgroundColor (f4551bb)
Pass all tests that use accessibleText (7ea8d6b)
checks/aria/required-children: add exception for native input combobox missing textbox (81ee2e4)
use virtualNode in duplicate-img-label (82e51bc)
is-in-text-block: Add Shadow DOM support (a125f79)
pass virtualNode to Rule.run (4534e86)
Properly output error stack (56f1867)
Remove log statements (6a6bd73)
Solve a few tests (02daad1)
Use getAttribute(id) over .id (#374) (353b53f)
Use testUtils in table tests (364d5cd)
use virtualNode in title-only check (5fb06e3)
whitespace in hidden-content test (99e8b73)

Features

Add aria-orientation to additional roles (bb07c2d)
add check testUtils (6f53279)
Add dom.getComposedParent function (aac57c0)
Add Japanese localisation (5f8c9c8)
Add new ARIA 1.1 values for haspopup (9f7da56)
Add option restoreScroll (d55f3cd)
add S.C. 2.4.4 to link-name rule. Fixes #369 (70728e6)
add SD support to color-contrast-matches (b595b42)
Add shadow DOM support to list checks (#439) (d92c1a1)
Add shadow DOM to duplicate-img-label check (#443) (2c0b075)
Add shadow DOM to landmark check (98f6023)
add shadow support to aria-required-children (f729e25)
add shadow support to group-labelledby (e2a9642)
Add sri-history file and update process (#476) (25ddb47)
Allow hidden-content to work through shadow DOM bounds (789d62e)
fieldset check shadow DOM (da148d3)
Make explicit check consider shadow DOM (#442) (9ddfc0f)
Make region check work with shadow DOM (ecd222f)
Run text.accessibleText() on virtual elements (#420) (414fcbe)
ShadowDOM support for media checks (0f21574)
aria: Support progressive ARIA 1.1 attributes / roles (#468) (ebb2a5d)
aria-required-parent: add Shadow DOM support (6ed29f0)
duplicate-id: Add shadow DOM support (439bc71)
link-in-text-block: Add shadow DOM support (46a2cca)
shadow DOM: Create commons virtual methods, for backward compatibility (86a4c25)

2.4.2 (2017-09-25)

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)

2.4.1 (2017-09-12)

Bug Fixes

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

2.4.0 (2017-09-08)

Bug fixes:

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

Features:

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

2.4.0-alpha.2 (2017-09-06)

Bug fixes:

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)

Features:

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

2.4.0-alpha.1 (2017-08-31)

Bug fixes:

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:

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

2.3.1 (2017-06-15)

Bug fixes:

Improvements to hidden-content rule
Deduplicated langs in valid-lang options

2.3.0 (2017-06-14)

Bug fixes:

Overhaul of selectors API
New experimental rule for hidden-content
New rule for flagging aria-hidden="true" on document.body
Color-contrast rule impact is now serious
Color-contrast fixes for implicit labels and TR elements
Color-contrast puts 1:1 ratio elements into Needs Review/incomplete
List category mappings in docs
Update axe.source to work with Firefox webdriver

2.2.3 (2017-06-01)

Bug fixes:

Removed the disable property from link-in-text-block

2.2.2 (2017-05-25)

Bug fixes

Stabilize incompleteData API for backwards compatibility
Change impact of duplicate-id rule to moderate

2.2.1 (2017-05-19)

Bug fixes

Remove nodes from the color contrast incompleteData API to avoid circular references

2.2.0 (2017-04-24)

Changes

Add configuration options for iframes: false, selectors: false, and elementRef: true
Improve color-contrast rule for disabled elements
Add webdriver task for testing mobile viewports
Improve audio/video captioning rules
Improve th-has-data-cells rule
Expose incomplete reasons for color contrast rule as part of Needs Review
Implement rule groupings as tags
Allow building of axe in multiple languages
Empty-heading rule has impact: moderate

2.1.8 (2017-05-21)

Changes

Move from Snyk to Retire.js
Make CI run test-fast task instead of parallel
Add documentation on writing integration tests and rules
Allow a larger list of languages for HTML-valid-lang rule
Add support for [role=img] in image-alt rule
Fix bug with innerHeight in get-background-color
Improve dom.is-offscreen function
Integrate optional performance timer
Empty include defaults to document

2.1.7 (2016-12-13)

Changes

Add promise-based axe.run API method in favor of axe.a11yCheck
Move TypeScript definition to root of project
Add Inapplicable and Can't Tell results
New rule: frame-title-unique
Improvements to table rules: td-has-header, th-has-data-cells
Color contrast rule performance improvements using polyfilled elementsFromPoint
Add better support for implicit roles
DQElement supports xPath

2.0.7 (2016-09-28)

Changes

Add TypeScript definition v1

2.0.5 (2016-04-20)

Changes

Support for UMD pattern
Adds 508 tagging for table rules
Fixes race condition for iframes
Exclude actual nodes from array checking

2.0.5 (2016-04-13)

Changes

Improvements to messaging for extensions

2.0.3 (2016-04-12)

Changes

Security improvements
Build includes Babel/ES6
Improvements to table rules
axe can be loaded in Node

2.0.0 (2016-03-01)

Changes

Adds support for AMD modules
Fixes incompatibility with Webpack
Improvements to rules and checks
Help urls no longer hard-coded
Improved error handling

1.1.1 (2015-09-04)

Changes

Adds Travis hooks
Adds Sauce Labs
Encodes HTML in descriptions
Updates messages and help URLs

1.0.1 (2015-06-10)

Changes

Initial public release

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4.5.0 (2022-10-17)

Features

Highlights

Tags and Metadata Updates

Deprecations

Others

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4.4.3 (2022-07-13)

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4.4.2 (2022-05-12)

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4.4.1 (2022-02-03)

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4.4.0 (2022-01-26)

Features

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4.3.5 (2021-10-29)

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4.3.4 (2021-10-22)

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4.3.3 (2021-08-24)

Bug Fixes

4.3.2 (2021-07-27)

Bug Fixes

4.3.1 (2021-07-13)

Bug Fixes

4.3.0 (2021-07-09)

Features

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4.2.4 (2021-10-22)

Bug Fixes

4.2.3 (2021-06-22)

Bug Fixes

4.2.2 (2021-06-03)

Bug Fixes

4.2.1 (2021-05-18)

Bug Fixes

4.2.0 (2021-04-23)

Features

Bug Fixes

4.1.4 (2021-04-01)

Bug Fixes

4.1.3 (2021-03-04)

Bug Fixes

4.1.2 (2021-02-08)

Bug Fixes

4.1.1 (2020-11-19)

Bug Fixes

4.1.0 (2020-11-13)

Features

Bug Fixes

4.0.2 (2020-09-08)

Bug Fixes

4.0.1 (2020-08-04)

Bug Fixes

4.0.0 (2020-07-28)

Breaking Changes

Features

Bug Fixes

3.5.5 (2020-06-16)

Bug Fixes

3.5.4 (2020-05-22)

Bug Fixes

3.5.3 (2020-03-31)

Bug Fixes

3.5.2 (2020-03-06)

Bug Fixes

3.5.1 (2020-02-12)

Bug Fixes

3.5.0 (2020-02-04)

Features

Bug Fixes

3.4.2 (2020-02-04)