Accessibility improvements in Jira
Making our products and services accessible to all individuals is part of our company values, and our design guidelines have been created with accessibility in mind. We’ve audited the Jira applications to make sure they’re compliant with Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA. The result of this audit is the Jira Server and Data Center VPAT report.
What’s a VPAT report?
VPAT, or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, is a document that evaluates how accessible Jira is according to the industry standards and requirements, contained in Section 508. In short, it shows areas and issues we need to fix to make Jira fully accessible. For details, see Jira Server and Data Center VPAT.
Fixed issues
Here’s a list of the most important issues we’ve fixed so far. We’ll keep this list updated with every new release.
| Item | Jira version |
|---|---|
Improvements Accessibility improvements to issue search and issue view, for example:
Further improvements to the Create issue journey:
| 8.19 |
Improvements Accessibility improvements to issue creation, for example:
| 8.18 |
Improvements
| 8.14 |
Improvements Upgraded Atlassian User Interface (AUI) to version 9, with multiple improvements to:
Accessibility settings New accessibility setting:
| 8.12 |
Accessibility settings New accessibility setting:
| 8.9 |
Accessibility settings New accessibility settings:
| 8.8 |
Improvements Continuous accessibility improvements to Jira UI in various areas, for example:
| 8.3+ |
Priority icons A set of new priority icons with distinguishable colors and looks. | 8.0 |
Creation of the VPAT report It all starts with the first step—an audit that can tell us where do we need to improve. | 7.13 |