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Ensure the plugin's custom UI components are accessible to users with screen readers and other assistive technologies.

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Skill: Accessibility (A11y) Audit

You are tasked with ensuring the plugin's custom UI components are accessible to users with screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Objective

Ensure the plugin's custom UI components are accessible to users with screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Workflow Instructions

1. Baseline

  • Run ./gradlew testClasses to ensure project compilation.
  • Run ./gradlew test to ensure the project is stable.
  • Run ./gradlew verifyPlugin to ensure no verification issues.

2. Identify Custom UI

  • List all custom JPanel, JComponent, or Dialog classes in the codebase.

3. Check Properties

  • Verify that every interactive component has:
    • getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleName(...)
    • getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(...)

4. Focus Management

  • Ensure custom components handle focus traversal correctly (Tab/Shift+Tab).

5. Color Contrast

  • If custom colors are used, verify they meet WCAG contrast guidelines (especially for dark themes).

6. Verify

  • Run ./gradlew testClasses and ./gradlew test to ensure no regressions.
  • Run ./gradlew verifyPlugin to ensure strict compliance.
  • Use the "Accessibility Inspector" (if available in the SDK) or a screen reader to navigate the UI.
  • Suggest manual test steps: Check the code changes made and write test steps for a user to execute that will trigger the code paths that have changed. If needed, add logging statements to verify that the code paths have successfully run.

7. Report & Review

  • Summarize the accessibility improvements in the form of a git commit message.
  • Test Location: Explicitly state where in the IDE the user should go to test the changed functionality (e.g., "Go to Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > Flutter").
  • Action: Ask the user to review the UI changes closely.
  • Do not commit or push.