Is there an Accessibility Conformance report that lists which accessibility criteria is supported by the Material for MkDocs theme?

[syeda-git]

VPAT - https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/
Sample report - https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/25.1/ug-webhelp-responsive/topics/whr-vpat.html#whr-vpat__section_sbr_13d_fhb

[squidfunk]

No, currently not. We're quite busy pushing the project forward and are happy to improve accessibility as we go. If somebody is up to it to analyze the project and provide such a report, we're happy to promote it and add it to the docs.

[colleenumn]

Since the original post in August 2023, a new ADA final rule published in April 2024 now requires WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance for all digital content provided by state and local governments, including public universities serving 50,000+ residents, by April 24, 2026. (See ADA.gov Fact Sheet)

Given this mandate, would the maintainers consider prioritizing accessibility updates and publishing a compliance roadmap for Material for MkDocs? Doing so would:

• Support legal compliance for public institutions
• Improve access for all users
• Increase adoption across government and higher ed sectors

Happy to contribute testing or documentation efforts if helpful. Thanks for all your work!

[alexvoss]

Dear Colleen,

since Martin's reply to the original question a lot has happened and we are working an overhaul of Material for MkDocs that will open up avenues to achieve more comprehensive support for accessibility requirements in the future.

As Martin said in his reply to the original question, he is open to efforts to create an evaluation of Material. We are aware of the increasing importance for compliance with accessibility regulation but as a relatively small open source project, we do not have the resources to conduct a formal evaluation ourselves. We are already involved in a huge undertaking at the moment.

I would be happy to liaise with you if you saw an avenue to source the necessary expertise and resource to conduct an evaluation. Please feel free to reach out to me by email if you would like to talk (see my profile).

Best wishes,

Alex