We are in the final stages of creating an ADA Section 508 compliant skin. However to accomplish this we needed to make a small change to a core DNN file.

ADA Section 508 Standards, Section 1194.22, (a) – Rule: 1.1.2:
“All INPUT elements are required to contain the alt attribute or use a LABEL.”

File location:
DNNROOT\admin\Skins\search.ascx

Change:

Original Code (Line 4):
<asp:TextBox id="txtSearch" runat="server" CssClass="NormalTextBox" Columns="20" maxlength="255" enableviewstate="False"></asp:TextBox>&nbsp;

Modified Code (Line 4):
<asp:TextBox id="txtSearch" runat="server" CssClass="NormalTextBox" Columns="20" maxlength="255" enableviewstate="False" alt="Search"></asp:TextBox>&nbsp;

Notice that alt="Search" has now been added to the TextBox control.

We would like this code change to be added to the core DNN code.

How do we go about submitting this request?

Regards,

Adam

When adding this to Gemini, please note that the most appropriate solution would be to add it as a property in (search.ascx.vb) which can then be set using the xml settings file (skin.xml).  In this way, the value can be set externally for any skin rather than relying on changing of code within core components for the particular alt value.

Cheers

Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN