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authorHoward Cox <dev.anubis@gmail.com>2023-06-02 11:54:07 +0100
committerMariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>2023-06-05 11:55:06 +0200
commitcd413bd78ac65bd4282d26cc279bfd1bd4de707d (patch)
tree8e492aaafc8a5c341eec3d9e40e72bdf26c7cb38 /docs
parent89c27d867252d7c81be3de7184578db1934a9318 (diff)
Fixed #34621 -- Made admin site header render in <div> tag.
This was problematic for screen reader users because they use headings to navigate. Having two <h1> is confusing, and the one in the header wasn’t particularly helpful since it’s the same on all pages.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/intro/tutorial07.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt6
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/5.0.txt5
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
index 71c13180fe..7810ad7fad 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial07.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ a section of code like:
.. code-block:: html+django
{% block branding %}
- <h1 id="site-name"><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">Polls Administration</a></h1>
+ <div id="site-name"><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">Polls Administration</a><div>
{% endblock %}
We use this approach to teach you how to override templates. In an actual
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index d3c3884329..f8a8153a49 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -2848,9 +2848,13 @@ Templates can override or extend base admin templates as described in
.. attribute:: AdminSite.site_header
- The text to put at the top of each admin page, as an ``<h1>`` (a string).
+ The text to put at the top of each admin page, as a ``<div>`` (a string).
By default, this is "Django administration".
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.0
+
+ In older versions, ``site_header`` was using an ``<h1>`` tag.
+
.. attribute:: AdminSite.site_title
The text to put at the end of each admin page's ``<title>`` (a string). By
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.0.txt b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
index f6377cd59b..38b49986c5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.0.txt
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ Miscellaneous
* :class:`~django.db.models.functions.Now` database function now uses
``LOCALTIMESTAMP`` instead of ``CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`` on Oracle.
+* :attr:`.AdminSite.site_header` is now rendered in a ``<div>`` tag instead of
+ ``<h1>``. Screen reader users rely on heading elements for navigation within
+ a page. Having two ``<h1>`` elements was confusing and the site header wasn't
+ helpful as it is repeated on all pages.
+
.. _deprecated-features-5.0:
Features deprecated in 5.0