astro/.changeset/small-rules-relax.md
Matthew Phillips e6be2d8146
Add View Transitions announcer (#8621)
* Add View Transitions announcer

* fix astro check

* Append the text in a setTimeout

* Use 60 for the timeout

* Add comment on magic number

* Add a changeset

* Update .changeset/small-rules-relax.md

Co-authored-by: Sarah Rainsberger <sarah@rainsberger.ca>

* Bring back announce logic

* Remove mention of env file

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Co-authored-by: Sarah Rainsberger <sarah@rainsberger.ca>
2023-09-27 15:21:56 -04:00

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Route Announcer in <ViewTransitions />

The View Transitions router now does route announcement. When transitioning between pages with a traditional MPA approach, assistive technologies will announce the page title when the page finishes loading. This does not automatically happen during client-side routing, so visitors relying on these technologies to announce routes are not aware when a page has changed.

The view transitions route announcer runs after the astro:page-load event, looking for the page <title> to announce. If one cannot be found, the announcer falls back to the first <h1> it finds, or otherwise announces the pathname. We recommend you always include a <title> in each page for accessibility.

See the View Transitions docs for more on how accessibility is handled.