Lindsey Kopacz articles - 34 total
Creating an Accessible Range Slider with CSS
Originally Posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com. I’ve always loved exploring how to make semantic, acce...
How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript - Part Two
Originally Posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com. Content Warning: There are gifs in this post. Hey fri...
10 Ways to Help Accessibility at Conferences as a Speaker
Originally Posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com. Hey friends! Wedding planning is starting to heat up w...
Accessibility in d3 Donut Charts
Originally Posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com. If you'd like to see video examples of how screen reade...
How Accessibility Taught me to be Better at JavaScript - Part One
Originally Posted on www.a11ywithlindsey.com Hey friends! Hope you’ve had a great week! This tweet I...
Reducing Motion to Improve Accessibility
Learning all about vestibular disorders and how to optimize your websites to help!
Create custom keyboard accessible radio buttons
Originally posted on a11ywithlindsey.com. Hey friends! Today we'll be creating custom keyboard acces...
A11y Lessons I Learned when Starting a Podcast
Accessibility Lessons while starting a podcast!
An Introduction to Accessible Labeling
Let's go through all the different ways to accessibly label HTML elements.
An Introduction to ARIA States
In this post, we will talk about states with screen readers.
My Blogging Editing Process
A few weeks ago, I asked people if they had an interest in my blog editing process. The answer was an overwhelming yes, so here we are.
7 Ways to make your Tweets more Accessible
I wrote a tweet thread a while back where I started talking about ways to keep accessibility in mind on the platforms we use such as Twitter. I decided to write a blog post to elaborate a bit more so it wouldn't get lost on Twitter.
JavaScript and Accessibility: Accordions
Starting with my Accessibility and JavaScript series, I will start with how I make a progressively enhanced accordion.
Accessibility in d3 Bar Charts
Many people requested they wanted me to talk about accessibility for data visualizations.
Exploring Accessibility CLI tools
My last post was about my accessibility testing process. Today I am going over some automated tools.
My Web Accessibility Testing Process
It sounded like people were curious about my web accessibility testing approach! So I’m going to walk you through my thought process, what I test for, how early I check, and how I test.
Nevertheless, Lindsey Coded
In the past month alone, here are some of the things I've experienced: Quick Tip for being...
3 Things I learned transitioning from Remote to an Office
A few months ago, I got an incredible offer. But there was a catch. I had to go back into working at an office. I learned a few things after being in an office for 2 months.
Beginning to Demystify ARIA
When asking others what confuses them most about accessibility, most times the answer I get is ARIA. Here are a few ways I have learned to demystify it.
a11y and JS - A Seemingly Unconventional Romance
I want you to know that JavaScript isn’t the enemy of accessibility. Instead, lack of empathy is.
4 things that I always manually test
Automation certainly makes a lot of things easier, like catching a text input without an associated label, but here are a few things that always do manually to ensure a positive user experience.
3 Reasons Why Accessibility is NOT an Edge Case
The primary question I get from developers is how to get your clients or boss on board. Here are my 3 main reasons
2018 Year in Review
It's that time of year where we all contemplate how quickly the year has gone by and what we've done. Here is my list of thoughts!
Create an accessible dropdown navigation
How to create a keyboard accessible navigation using a little bit of vanilla JavaScript.
Create custom keyboard accessible checkboxes
I’ve seen a ton of designers make these GORGEOUS checkbox styles, but then you see them implemented and you can’t even select it using your keyboard.
What I'm Grateful for as a Developer
In the spirit of American Thanksgiving, I wanted to make a specific list of what I am thankful for in my journey as a developer.
Learn about Dyslexia for the Web with me!
I learned that last month was Dyslexia Awareness Month. However, I’ve found very few places that talk about web accessibility and dyslexia.
Lessons in my First Month of Active Blogging
Blogging actively has been an intense and rewarding process thus far, and I've taken this week to reflect on it!
Negative Impacts of Withholding Form Labels
Back in fall of 2016, while planning my presentation and looking for a relevant case study, I stumbled upon something that was quite relevant for the time - the presidential candidates’ donation sites. The biggest issue on both Trump and Clinton’s sites were inaccessible forms.
3 Simple Tips to Improve Keyboard Accessibility
Keyboard accessibility is ensuring that you’re not 100% reliant on your mouse at any given time. This means you’re able to get around the webpage using your keyboard.