#34917: Links within text in the Django admin are difficult to identify
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Reporter: Dmitriy Chukhin | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: contrib.admin | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: accessibility, | Triage Stage:
anchor | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 1
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Changes (by Thibaud Colas):
* status: closed => new
* resolution: wontfix =>
Comment:
@Marius I do not know what discussion you’re referring to in #34038 but
the resolution isn’t appropriate. Links need to be clearly identifiable.
There needs to be a way to tell the links apart from surrounding text
without relying on color. The current styles implemented in the admin are
so bad I’d qualify this as a release blocker if the changes were made in
the last release.
As a practical example, it is more or less impossible to identify where
links are in help text:
[[Image(https://code.djangoproject.com/raw-
attachment/ticket/34917/django%205.1dev20231027%20link%20styles.png)]]
As far as this issue about _links within text_, I would recommend:
- A minimum contrast ratio of ideally 4.5:1, at the vey least 3:1 between
link text color and text color. Currently we’re somewhere around 1.6:1 to
2.2:1 in the light theme, which is unacceptable.
- **And** an underline, for people who have severe color blindness.
For links outside text there are more options, but I also think the
current design choices aren’t fit for purpose.
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