Joomla-cms: [4.0] System Settings - Update Extensions #432

[coolcat-creations]

Migrated issue from: https://github.com/joomla/40-backend-template/issues/432

[brianteeman]

This is very hard to make accessible as you have a second row with content spanning multiple cells

[coolcat-creations]

You can span the row with css grid and/or css does not have to span multiple cells codewise

[brianteeman]

Wrote a long answer but I see @mbabker has written it so much better and shorter

[coolcat-creations]

No, I meant there are solutions to make it semantically correct AND have a correct view. I doubt that it’s not possible at all.

[coolcat-creations]

Again I wonder why this comment is made like 11 months later...

[brianteeman]

maybe we thought it would be a lot less than 11 months before it would reach this repo

[brianteeman]

Pretty certain that the html specification is that the data in a table cannot span two table rows

[brianteeman]

Actually I am saying it is impossible

[brianteeman]

It is a table of tabular data so it must be a table. And if we really are serious about accessibility and not just listening when it is convenient you cannot create a table of data in any other way.

[coolcat-creations]

Could be solved for example with a nested table where the URL is the tableheader. Screenreaders can read nested tables.

[coolcat-creations]

Another solution:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Tables/Advanced

[brianteeman]

Nested tables are horrendous for accessibility

We already have row headers (maybe you should read the code) but they don't resolve the issue you are presenting

[C-Lodder]

• Pushing last cell to new line: You'd have to set each cell to inline-block and the last cell to block, then fix all the alignments and borders. Way too dirty, so don't even try it.
• CSS Grid: Not even semantically correct for a data set
• Nested tables: Please don't even go there

I'd probably go as far as saying the URL's aren't even needed, else simply have a button in the last cell that directs to the authors' site or something.

[brianteeman]

Because it is possible for any extension to change the value of the update server of a different extension it is important that the url is displayed and not hidden behind a button for security purposes. At least if it is visible you might notice that you are being directed to the wrong site to grab a malicious update

[C-Lodder]

@brianteeman fair point. Just bung it below the extension name then:

[brianteeman]

Just like it is right now ;)

[alikon]

we can change the update site, if we want, from gsoc17 #17553

[C-Lodder]

@brianteeman Shows the last time I did a git pull then

[joomla-cms-bot]

Set to "closed" on behalf of @alikon by The JTracker Application at issues.joomla.org/joomla-cms/22003

[alikon]

related to the old template, open a new issue if needed

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