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Improved accessibility guidance and new options in the Audit panel

We’re officially launching the Audit panel today with a handful of improvements that make improving your website accessibility even easier.

Improved accessibility guidance and new options in the Audit panel

<p>After nearly one year <a href="<https://webflow.com/feature/find-and-fix-accessibility-issues-with-new-audit-panel>">in beta</a>, we're officially releasing the Audit panel today along with five enhancements that will make improving your website accessibility even easier. Check out what's new today and what we're planning to add next.</p><figure class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-fullwidth" style="max-width:1400px" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="fullwidth" data-rt-max-width="1400px"><div><img src="<https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64f9399ca7d13575ff21a675/64f9399ca7d13575ff21d60c82XN9BjycSBUM8mqUaJCIGI4wxNlwZFMEFJ9C7mr9V1-3wQu-iwXSzIhz6HaeQ3eyO6C1AETJ7Xd3bmXBxoQPQqL5BLW3X57GIsZ6O6VMQWHLifDdtqLrnOp8uNX_6go3mQ.jpeg>" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto" alt="The audit panel is now out of beta with improved in-product, step-by-step guidance to help you resolve accessibility issues"></div><figcaption>The Audit panel is now out of beta with improved in-product, step-by-step guidance to help you resolve accessibility issues.</figcaption></figure><p>Here’s a quick list of the improvements to the Audit panel that we’re launching today:</p><ol><li>In-product guidance to help you resolve each detected accessibility issue</li><li>Colored panel icon for newly detected audits</li><li>Outstanding audits now discoverable in the Publish Dropdown</li><li>Option to ignore individual audit suggestions</li><li>Alt text audit for multi-image fields</li></ol><p>For more in-depth documentation on each of these improvements (plus documentation on what the Audit panel is), check out our <a href="<https://university.webflow.com/lesson/audit-panel>">Webflow University documentation</a> for a closer look.</p><p>Next up on the accessibility front, we’ll be adding support for <a href="<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/outline>">outline styles</a> to improve the experience for site visitors using screen readers and navigating by keyboard.</p><p>P.S. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback during the beta — we really appreciate it!<br></p>


Launched on
November 17, 2021
Category
Accessibility

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