Using this pattern can be confusing for users. In this case, when navigating between the wizard version and intro version of the page, there's a very similar <H1>, and it may not be clear to screen reader users if they are actually navigating to separate pages.
Answer the questions in the wizard (Veteran, No, Yes, Yes)
Click on "Apply for Personalized Career Planning and Guidance"
Scroll to the bottom and click "go back and answer the questions again"
This will take you back to the wizard, which has a very similar page title to the intro page.
Proposed solution or next steps
Short-term fix
You can use focus management to automatically focus on the <H2>, "Is this the form I need?" heading. That should make it more clear to an AT user what the page is for. Look at the File a Supplemental Claim form to see it in action. When the page loads, focus automatically goes to the <H2>:
coforma-jamie
commented
1 year ago
Point of contact
Jamie Klenetsky Fay (@coforma-jamie)
Severity level
3, Moderate. Should be fixed in 1-3 sprints post-launch.
Details
A wizard pattern, which is deprecated, is used to lead Vets to Form 28-8832:
Using this pattern can be confusing for users. In this case, when navigating between the wizard version and intro version of the page, there's a very similar
<H1>, and it may not be clear to screen reader users if they are actually navigating to separate pages.Reproduction steps
Proposed solution or next steps
Short-term fix
You can use focus management to automatically focus on the
<H2>, "Is this the form I need?" heading. That should make it more clear to an AT user what the page is for. Look at the File a Supplemental Claim form to see it in action. When the page loads, focus automatically goes to the<H2>:Long-term solution
As mentioned in the Design System wizard pattern page, the Wizard pattern is now deprecated and replaced by the the help users complete a sub-task pattern. We highly recommend that you use the sub-task pattern instead of the wizard pattern to avoid this accessibility issue and reduce the user's cognitive load.
References, articles, or WCAG support
Type of issue