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Accessibility Support History

OpenUI5 is following the SAP ‘s design and development guidelines, as well as the testing procedures and accessibility reporting, that are based on WCAG 2.2.

The following table shows the availability of the different accessibility features.

Accessibility Feature Availability

Feature Available as of version
HCW Theme 1.46
Screen Reader Support 1.30
Keyboard Handling 1.26
HCB Theme 1.26

Enhancements and Updates

Enhancements and Updates As of version
We have enhanced SAPUI5 accessibility support according to the latest WAI-ARIA 1.2 specification. 1.136
SAPUI5 is following the SAP ‘s updated design and development guidelines, as well as the testing procedures and accessibility reporting, that are based on WCAG 2.2. 1.136
Update of the reference test environment. Latest update with UI5 1.136 For the versions, see SAP Note [2564165](https://me.sap.com/notes/2564165).
We have prevented the overwrite of the Windows high contrast setting for all themes when using Chrome and Edge browsers. 1.101
We have enhanced OpenUI5 accessibility support according to the latest WAI-ARIA 1.1 specification 1.84
we have prevented the automatic insertion of role `application` on the body of the OpenUI5 applications. After the change, a mode-based screen reader will start operating in reading mode as its default mode. For more information, please refer to SAP Note [2925884](https://me.sap.com/notes/2925884). 1.78
OpenUI5 is following the SAP 's updated design and development guidelines, as well as the testing procedures and accessibility reporting, that are based on WCAG 2.1 level A and AA. 1.75