AI Changelog

New Features

Options: You can now pass a string for options.runOnly, allowing you to run specific rules more easily. This enhances your ability to customize accessibility checks based on your needs.
Run Partial: The new axe.runPartial method allows you to run accessibility checks in the current window without frame communication, while axe.finishRun compiles results from multiple windows into a single report. This improves the efficiency of your testing process.
Color Contrast: The tool now ignores hidden pseudo-elements when calculating color contrast, ensuring more accurate results. Additionally, you can choose to ignore pseudo-elements entirely with a new option.

Utilities: A new getFrameContexts method is added, which helps in retrieving context information for each iframe, enhancing the way you manage accessibility checks across multiple frames.
Accessibility Checks: The handling of aria-level attributes on headings is improved, allowing for better compliance with accessibility standards. This ensures that headings are correctly evaluated based on their semantic meaning.

Fix issues with color contrast checks by ensuring that pseudo-elements are evaluated correctly, leading to more accurate accessibility assessments.
Fix the handling of elements with aria-level attributes greater than 6, marking them as needing review to ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines.
Fix the frame-tested rule to run without requiring the respondable method, making it easier to implement in various contexts.

Update the documentation to clarify that the axe.run options parameter does not modify rules or checks, ensuring users have accurate expectations.
Enhance the internationalization support by updating translations for various languages, ensuring a more inclusive experience for users worldwide.

Options: You can now pass a string for options.runOnly, allowing you to run specific rules more easily. This enhances your ability to customize accessibility checks based on your needs.
Run Partial: The new axe.runPartial method allows you to run accessibility checks in the current window without frame communication, while axe.finishRun compiles results from multiple windows into a single report. This improves the efficiency of your testing process.
Color Contrast: The tool now ignores hidden pseudo-elements when calculating color contrast, ensuring more accurate results. Additionally, you can choose to ignore pseudo-elements entirely with a new option.

Utilities: A new getFrameContexts method is added, which helps in retrieving context information for each iframe, enhancing the way you manage accessibility checks across multiple frames.
Accessibility Checks: The handling of aria-level attributes on headings is improved, allowing for better compliance with accessibility standards. This ensures that headings are correctly evaluated based on their semantic meaning.

Fix issues with color contrast checks by ensuring that pseudo-elements are evaluated correctly, leading to more accurate accessibility assessments.
Fix the handling of elements with aria-level attributes greater than 6, marking them as needing review to ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines.
Fix the frame-tested rule to run without requiring the respondable method, making it easier to implement in various contexts.

Update the documentation to clarify that the axe.run options parameter does not modify rules or checks, ensuring users have accurate expectations.
Enhance the internationalization support by updating translations for various languages, ensuring a more inclusive experience for users worldwide.