Portal

• Redesigned the portal header to use list items for all links.

• Rewrote the portal menu to use list items, which work better with screen readers than the older nested tables. List items make it easier for users to navigate the system.

• Modified pagelet icons for minimize, maximize, help, and refresh functions to be accessible through the keyboard. Previous releases required the use of a mouse.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies, “Modifying the Portal Interface”

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies, “Administering Portals”

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies, “Building Pagelets”

PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA)

• Added page headers to all PIA pages, as follows:

  • <H1> tag for the page title.

  • < H2> tag for group boxes, grids, and scroll areas at level 0, using their titles.

  • <H3> tag for group boxes, grids, and scroll ares at level 1, using their titles.

  • <H4> tag for group boxes, grids, and scroll ares at level 2, using their titles.

  • <H5> tag for group boxes, grids, and scroll ares at level 3, using their titles.

  Note. All scroll areas and grids must have titles in order for some page headers to be generated.

  See Assigning Titles and Summaries for Grids and Scroll Areas.

• Removed fieldset-legend tags from grid and scroll areas and replaced them with headers.

• Improved grid areas by providing row and column header tags for every cell in a grid. These tags make it easier for users to navigate grids in edit mode.

• Provided a title for the Expand/Collapse icon.

• Provided better and more usable error reporting on the PIA pages and the sign-on page.

• Added the ISO Language attribute to all pages (added the %LanguageISO Meta-HTML variable).

• Provided a better indicator on the current focus control. This indicator helps visually impaired users see where the cursor is focused on the screen.

• Made required fields readable by screen readers. Screen readers now read “* (Star) required field” before required fields.

• Updated the search results table so that screen readers read it correctly, and added a row counter to the summary table.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Creating Page Definitions”

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Creating Record Definitions”

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Using Scroll Areas, Scroll Bars, and Grids”

PeopleSoft Application Designer

Provided the ability to populate summary text for grids so that users can provide descriptive information about grids.

See Assigning Titles and Summaries for Grids and Scroll Areas.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Using Scroll Areas, Scroll Bars, and Grids”

PeopleTools pages

Improved the HTML of delivered PeopleTools pages, including PeopleSoft Tree Manager, Query, Process Scheduler, Integration Broker, Security, Portal, and navigation pages.

Improvements include:

• Removed unnecessary grid navigation headers (Skip and Jump).

• Simplified portal headers and added header tags.

• Removed unneeded anchor tags on pages.

• Replaced <FONT> tags with style classes.

• Replaced <U> tags with style classes.

• Simplified navigation pages.

• Reorganized some pages so that they are easier to use in Accessible Layout mode.

• Labeled input fields.

• Added column headings for grids.

• Reviewed and clarified alternate text for images and buttons.

• Added grid summaries to grids.

• Reviewed and updated the tab order.

• Noted all grid and scroll area sort indicators to help users identify which columns they can sort.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Tree Manager

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Query

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Integration Broker

PeopleTools PeopleBook: Security Administration

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies

PIA

Created a new grid customization page for Accessible Layout mode. This page makes it easier for users to customize grids.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Using Scroll Areas, Scroll Bars, and Grids”

PeopleTools pages

Added or clarified labels on pages, including duplicate references. In some situations, duplicate references to the same text were removed so as not to confuse users.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide, “Using Page Controls”

Portal

Made the drop-down menu available in Accessible Layout mode. The drop-down menu is keyboard accessible and uses ARIA tags to improve integration with screen readers. This functionality enables users to identify a specific record as a favorite.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies, “Understanding Portal Technology”

Navigation or Functional Area Navigation (FAN) pages

Simplified the navigation or FAN pages to use list tags instead of HTML tables. This functionality makes these pages easier for screen readers to process.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleTools Portal Technologies, “Working with Navigation Pages”

PeopleSoft Integration Broker and other specific product pages

Improved the HTML in Accessible Layout mode, including:

• Simplified and added links on Integration Broker pages.

• Simplified the portal header and reduced the number of bullets that users can encounter.

• Simplified the Add to Favorites page in Accessible Layout mode to improve usability.

PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Integration Broker