From 60260f2874aafd201ec2edcb93d7b03df81e8882 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?"J.=20Rene=CC=81e=20Beach"?= <splendidnoise@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:38:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #2047175 by jessebeach: Make the status message field
 discoverable by assistive technology agents; alert AT agent
 users to error messages
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Signed-off-by: J. Renée Beach <splendidnoise@gmail.com>
---
 core/includes/theme.inc |   20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/includes/theme.inc b/core/includes/theme.inc
index 7bff76e..d6c81e0 100644
--- a/core/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/core/includes/theme.inc
@@ -1629,10 +1629,22 @@ function theme_status_messages($variables) {
     'warning' => t('Warning message'),
   );
   foreach (drupal_get_messages($display) as $type => $messages) {
-    $output .= "<div class=\"messages messages--$type\">\n";
+    $output .= "<div class=\"messages messages--$type\" role=\"contentinfo\"";
+
+    // Add an ARIA label to the contentinfo area so that assistive technology
+    // user agents will better describe this landmark.
     if (!empty($status_heading[$type])) {
-      $output .= '<h2 class="visually-hidden">' . $status_heading[$type] . "</h2>\n";
+      $output .= " aria-label=\"{$status_heading[$type]}\"";
+    }
+
+    $output .= ">\n";
+
+    // Add an ARIA role of alert to an inner wrapping div in order to prompt
+    // an assistive technology user agent to announce the error.
+    if ($type === 'error') {
+      $output .= "<div role=\"alert\">\n";
     }
+
     if (count($messages) > 1) {
       $output .= " <ul class=\"messages__list\">\n";
       foreach ($messages as $message) {
@@ -1643,6 +1655,10 @@ function theme_status_messages($variables) {
     else {
       $output .= $messages[0];
     }
+    // Close the ARIA error alert div.
+    if ($type === 'error') {
+      $output .= "</div>\n";
+    }
     $output .= "</div>\n";
   }
   return $output;
-- 
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