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fix: Color: Onboarding: The status of the progress bar relies only on the use of color#80460

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fix: Color: Onboarding: The status of the progress bar relies only on the use of color#80460
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Explanation of Change

This PR addresses the WCAG 1.4.1 (Use of Color) accessibility violation in the onboarding progress bar by adding proper accessibility attributes.

Fixed Issues

$ #77334
PROPOSAL: #77334 (comment)

Tests

Web:

  1. Open the app in a browser and sign in with a new account to trigger the onboarding flow
  2. Navigate through the onboarding steps, verifying the step counter increases monotonically
  3. Enable VoiceOver (Mac: Cmd+F5) and navigate to the progress bar using Ctrl+Option+Right Arrow
  4. Verify VoiceOver announces "Onboarding progress, progress bar, Step X of 5"

iOS:

  1. Open the app and sign in with a new account to trigger the onboarding flow
  2. Enable VoiceOver (Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver)
  3. Swipe right to navigate to the progress bar element
  4. Verify VoiceOver announces "Onboarding progress, Step X of 5, progress bar"
  5. Navigate through the onboarding steps, verifying the announcement updates on each page

Android:

  1. Open the app and sign in with a new account to trigger the onboarding flow
  2. Enable TalkBack (Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack)
  3. Swipe right to navigate to the progress bar element
  4. Verify TalkBack announces "Onboarding progress, progress bar, Step X of 5"
  5. Navigate through the onboarding steps, verifying the announcement updates on each page
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

Same as tests

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Same as tests

  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Android: Native
Android-Native.mp4
Android: mWeb Chrome
Android-mWeb.mp4
iOS: Native Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 04 46 in the afternoon Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 04 56 in the afternoon Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 05 09 in the afternoon Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 05 25 in the afternoon Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 05 39 in the afternoon Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 2 05 50 in the afternoon
iOS: mWeb Safari Screenshot 2026-03-04 at 7 48 46 in the evening
MacOS: Chrome / Safari
Mac-Chrome.mp4

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@TaduJR TaduJR force-pushed the fix-Color-Onboarding-The-status-of-the-progress-bar-relies-only-on-the-use-of-color branch from c7a2cef to 0df385d Compare January 31, 2026 12:18
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Note ⚠️: Fixing it will drop iOS Safari support

@TaduJR Could you clarify why? Would it not be possible to centre-align the highlighted area so that it's roughly over the progress bar?

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TaduJR commented Mar 12, 2026

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Do you have an iOS Physical device?

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TaduJR commented Mar 12, 2026

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Great news.

The iOS Safari limitation is only on Emulator. Just tested out on Physical Devices and it's working. So we are good to merge if code looks good to you.

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TaduJR commented Mar 12, 2026

When switching through elements with VoiceOver turned on on Mac, the area that is highlighted when the progress bar accessibility text is read out appears off to the side. Is that acceptable?

Fixed Done.

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jjcoffee commented Mar 13, 2026

@TaduJR Nice work! I'm thinking we probably don't want the step and the percentage though (especially because it's not entirely accurate until we know the total number of steps)? I think keeping to a simple readout like Onboarding progress, step 1 is fine.

There's also some slightly glitchy readouts where the value of the progress percentage is read out in a way that's awkward, e.g. 17, Onboarding progress..., so removing it is probably for the best.

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TaduJR commented Mar 13, 2026

@TaduJR Nice work!

Thanks @jjcoffee

I'm thinking we probably don't want the step and the percentage though (especially because it's not entirely accurate until we know the total number of steps)? I think keeping to a simple readout like Onboarding progress, step 1 is fine.

Yea, I also thought about it, but it's unavoidable if we want to keep the semantics like the announcement of that is progress bar when user focuses on it. If we remove it the percentages go away but when a user focuses on it it announces as Onboarding progress, step 1 of step 5, empty group because the is not role for the progress bar. Also the percentages are not off a lot.

WDYT?

If Onboarding progress, step 1 of step 5, empty group readout is better, we can remove the percentage.

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@TaduJR Ah, interesting! What about using aria-valuetext?

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TaduJR commented Mar 13, 2026

@TaduJR Ah, interesting! What about using aria-valuetext?

Just tried it. The percentage is gone but substituted with indeterminate keyword. I think that is a better approach.

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LGTM!

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LGTM

@marcochavezf marcochavezf merged commit 345f3b5 into Expensify:main Mar 19, 2026
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