Fixed #35143 -- Improved accessibility of 404/500 debug pages.

This: - changes the header, main, and footer content areas to be rendered in a <header>, <main>, and <footer> tags, - adds scope attributes to <th>, - uses <code> for a patterns list, - uses <small> instead of <span>.
2024-12-22 09:05:43 +00:00 · 2024-01-28 13:51:34 +01:00 · 2024-01-28 13:51:34 +01:00 · b9e2a3fc63
commit b9e2a3fc63
parent c317e81378
5 changed files with 100 additions and 76 deletions
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
    Marc Tamlyn <marc.tamlyn@gmail.com>
    Marc-Aurèle Brothier <ma.brothier@gmail.com>
    Marian Andre <django@andre.sk>
+    Marijke Luttekes <mail@marijkeluttekes.dev>
    Marijn Vriens <marijn@metronomo.cl>
    Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com>
    Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>
--- a/django/views/templates/technical_404.html
+++ b/django/views/templates/technical_404.html
@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
    body * { padding:10px 20px; }
    body * * { padding:0; }
    body { font:small sans-serif; background:#eee; color:#000; }
-    body>div { border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; }
+    body > :where(header, main, footer) { border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; }
    h1 { font-weight:normal; margin-bottom:.4em; }
-    h1 span { font-size:60%; color:#666; font-weight:normal; }
+    h1 small { font-size:60%; color:#666; font-weight:normal; }
    table { border:none; border-collapse: collapse; width:100%; }
    td, th { vertical-align:top; padding:2px 3px; }
    th { width:12em; text-align:right; color:#666; padding-right:.5em; }
@ -24,27 +24,28 @@
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
-  <div id="summary">
-    <h1>Page not found <span>(404)</span></h1>
+  <header id="summary">
+    <h1>Page not found <small>(404)</small></h1>
    {% if reason and resolved %}<pre class="exception_value">{{ reason }}</pre>{% endif %}
    <table class="meta">
      <tr>
-        <th>Request Method:</th>
+        <th scope="row">Request Method:</th>
        <td>{{ request.META.REQUEST_METHOD }}</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
-        <th>Request URL:</th>
+        <th scope="row">Request URL:</th>
        <td>{{ request.build_absolute_uri }}</td>
      </tr>
      {% if raising_view_name %}
      <tr>
-        <th>Raised by:</th>
+        <th scope="row">Raised by:</th>
        <td>{{ raising_view_name }}</td>
      </tr>
      {% endif %}
    </table>
-  </div>
-  <div id="info">
+  </header>
+
+  <main id="info">
    {% if urlpatterns %}
      <p>
      Using the URLconf defined in <code>{{ urlconf }}</code>,
@ -54,8 +55,10 @@
        {% for pattern in urlpatterns %}
          <li>
            {% for pat in pattern %}
+              <code>
                {{ pat.pattern }}
                {% if forloop.last and pat.name %}[name='{{ pat.name }}']{% endif %}
+              </code>
            {% endfor %}
          </li>
        {% endfor %}
@ -69,14 +72,14 @@
        {% if resolved %}matched the last one.{% else %}didn’t match any of these.{% endif %}
      </p>
    {% endif %}
-  </div>
+  </main>

-  <div id="explanation">
+  <footer id="explanation">
    <p>
      You’re seeing this error because you have <code>DEBUG = True</code> in
      your Django settings file. Change that to <code>False</code>, and Django
      will display a standard 404 page.
    </p>
-  </div>
+  </footer>
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/django/views/templates/technical_500.html
+++ b/django/views/templates/technical_500.html
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    body * { padding:10px 20px; }
    body * * { padding:0; }
    body { font:small sans-serif; background-color:#fff; color:#000; }
-    body>div { border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; }
+    body > :where(header, main, footer) { border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; }
    h1 { font-weight:normal; }
    h2 { margin-bottom:.8em; }
    h3 { margin:1em 0 .5em 0; }
@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
    .user div.commands a { color: black; }
    #summary { background: #ffc; }
    #summary h2 { font-weight: normal; color: #666; }
+    #info { padding: 0; }
+    #info > * { padding:10px 20px; }
    #explanation { background:#eee; }
    #template, #template-not-exist { background:#f6f6f6; }
    #template-not-exist ul { margin: 0 0 10px 20px; }
@ -97,67 +99,69 @@
  {% endif %}
 </head>
 <body>
-<div id="summary">
+<header id="summary">
  <h1>{% if exception_type %}{{ exception_type }}{% else %}Report{% endif %}
      {% if request %} at {{ request.path_info }}{% endif %}</h1>
  <pre class="exception_value">{% if exception_value %}{{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ exception_notes }}{% endif %}{% else %}No exception message supplied{% endif %}</pre>
  <table class="meta">
 {% if request %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Request Method:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Request Method:</th>
      <td>{{ request.META.REQUEST_METHOD }}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-      <th>Request URL:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Request URL:</th>
      <td>{{ request_insecure_uri }}</td>
    </tr>
 {% endif %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Django Version:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Django Version:</th>
      <td>{{ django_version_info }}</td>
    </tr>
 {% if exception_type %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Exception Type:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>
      <td>{{ exception_type }}</td>
    </tr>
 {% endif %}
 {% if exception_type and exception_value %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Exception Value:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>
      <td><pre>{{ exception_value|force_escape }}</pre></td>
    </tr>
 {% endif %}
 {% if lastframe %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Exception Location:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Exception Location:</th>
      <td><span class="fname">{{ lastframe.filename }}</span>, line {{ lastframe.lineno }}, in {{ lastframe.function }}</td>
    </tr>
 {% endif %}
 {% if raising_view_name %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Raised during:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Raised during:</th>
      <td>{{ raising_view_name }}</td>
    </tr>
 {% endif %}
    <tr>
-      <th>Python Executable:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Python Executable:</th>
      <td>{{ sys_executable }}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-      <th>Python Version:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Python Version:</th>
      <td>{{ sys_version_info }}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-      <th>Python Path:</th>
-      <td><pre>{{ sys_path|pprint }}</pre></td>
+      <th scope="row">Python Path:</th>
+      <td><pre><code>{{ sys_path|pprint }}</code></pre></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-      <th>Server time:</th>
+      <th scope="row">Server time:</th>
      <td>{{server_time|date:"r"}}</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
-</div>
+</header>
+
+<main id="info">
 {% if unicode_hint %}
 <div id="unicode-hint">
    <h2>Unicode error hint</h2>
@ -195,11 +199,11 @@
      {% if template_info.bottom != template_info.total %} cut-bottom{% endif %}">
   {% for source_line in template_info.source_lines %}
   {% if source_line.0 == template_info.line %}
-   <tr class="error"><th>{{ source_line.0 }}</th>
+   <tr class="error"><th scope="row">{{ source_line.0 }}</th>
     <td>{{ template_info.before }}<span class="specific">{{ template_info.during }}</span>{{ template_info.after }}</td>
   </tr>
   {% else %}
-      <tr><th>{{ source_line.0 }}</th>
+      <tr><th scope="row">{{ source_line.0 }}</th>
      <td>{{ source_line.1 }}</td></tr>
   {% endif %}
   {% endfor %}
@ -266,8 +270,8 @@
            <table class="vars" id="v{{ frame.id }}">
              <thead>
                <tr>
-                  <th>Variable</th>
-                  <th>Value</th>
+                  <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+                  <th scope="col">Value</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
@ -354,8 +358,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
    <table class="req">
      <thead>
        <tr>
-          <th>Variable</th>
-          <th>Value</th>
+          <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+          <th scope="col">Value</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
@ -376,8 +380,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
    <table class="req">
      <thead>
        <tr>
-          <th>Variable</th>
-          <th>Value</th>
+          <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+          <th scope="col">Value</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
@ -398,8 +402,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
    <table class="req">
      <thead>
        <tr>
-          <th>Variable</th>
-          <th>Value</th>
+          <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+          <th scope="col">Value</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
@ -420,8 +424,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
    <table class="req">
      <thead>
        <tr>
-          <th>Variable</th>
-          <th>Value</th>
+          <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+          <th scope="col">Value</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
@ -441,8 +445,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
  <table class="req">
    <thead>
      <tr>
-        <th>Variable</th>
-        <th>Value</th>
+        <th scope="col">Variable</th>
+        <th scope="col">Value</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
@ -463,8 +467,8 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
  <table class="req">
    <thead>
      <tr>
-        <th>Setting</th>
-        <th>Value</th>
+        <th scope="col">Setting</th>
+        <th scope="col">Value</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
@ -478,14 +482,16 @@ Exception Value: {{ exception_value|force_escape }}{% if exception_notes %}{{ ex
  </table>

 </div>
+</main>
+
 {% if not is_email %}
-  <div id="explanation">
+  <footer id="explanation">
    <p>
      You’re seeing this error because you have <code>DEBUG = True</code> in your
      Django settings file. Change that to <code>False</code>, and Django will
      display a standard page generated by the handler for this status code.
    </p>
-  </div>
+  </footer>
 {% endif %}
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/docs/releases/5.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ Email
 Error Reporting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-* ...
+* In order to improve accessibility, the technical 404 and 500 error pages now
+  use HTML landmark elements for the header, footer, and main content areas.

 File Storage
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertContains(
            response, "Django tried these URL patterns", status_code=404
        )
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            "<code>technical404/ [name='my404']</code>",
+            status_code=404,
+            html=True,
+        )
        self.assertContains(
            response,
            "<p>The current path, <code>not-in-urls</code>, didn’t match any "
@ -204,6 +210,9 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):

    def test_technical_404(self):
        response = self.client.get("/technical404/")
+        self.assertContains(response, '<header id="summary">', status_code=404)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<main id="info">', status_code=404)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<footer id="explanation">', status_code=404)
        self.assertContains(
            response,
            '<pre class="exception_value">Testing technical 404.</pre>',
@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
        response = self.client.get("/classbased404/")
        self.assertContains(
            response,
-            "<th>Raised by:</th><td>view_tests.views.Http404View</td>",
+            '<th scope="row">Raised by:</th><td>view_tests.views.Http404View</td>',
            status_code=404,
            html=True,
        )
@ -236,9 +245,12 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
    def test_technical_500(self):
        with self.assertLogs("django.request", "ERROR"):
            response = self.client.get("/raises500/")
+        self.assertContains(response, '<header id="summary">', status_code=500)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<main id="info">', status_code=500)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<footer id="explanation">', status_code=500)
        self.assertContains(
            response,
-            "<th>Raised during:</th><td>view_tests.views.raises500</td>",
+            '<th scope="row">Raised during:</th><td>view_tests.views.raises500</td>',
            status_code=500,
            html=True,
        )
@ -255,7 +267,8 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
            response = self.client.get("/classbased500/")
        self.assertContains(
            response,
-            "<th>Raised during:</th><td>view_tests.views.Raises500View</td>",
+            '<th scope="row">Raised during:</th>'
+            "<td>view_tests.views.Raises500View</td>",
            status_code=500,
            html=True,
        )
@ -397,7 +410,7 @@ class DebugViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
        """
        response = self.client.get("/")
        self.assertContains(
-            response, "Page not found <span>(404)</span>", status_code=404
+            response, "Page not found <small>(404)</small>", status_code=404
        )

    def test_template_encoding(self):
@ -531,12 +544,12 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">Can&#x27;t find my keys</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request Method:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request URL:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request Method:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request URL:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn('<h3 id="user-info">USER</h3>', html)
        self.assertIn("<p>jacob</p>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertNotIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -554,11 +567,11 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">Can&#x27;t find my keys</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Request Method:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Request URL:</th>", html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Request Method:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Request URL:</th>', html)
        self.assertNotIn('<h3 id="user-info">USER</h3>', html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -603,10 +616,10 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">No exception message supplied</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request Method:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request URL:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request Method:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request URL:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertNotIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertNotIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -626,8 +639,8 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">Can&#x27;t find my keys</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -650,8 +663,8 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
        self.assertInHTML("<h1>RuntimeError</h1>", html)
        self.assertIn('<pre class="exception_value">Oops</pre>', html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -721,8 +734,8 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
        self.assertInHTML("<h1>RuntimeError</h1>", html)
        self.assertIn('<pre class="exception_value">Oops</pre>', html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertInHTML('<li class="frame user">Traceback: None</li>', html)
        self.assertIn(
@ -981,10 +994,10 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">I&#x27;m a little teapot</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request Method:</th>", html)
-        self.assertIn("<th>Request URL:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request Method:</th>', html)
+        self.assertIn('<th scope="row">Request URL:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertNotIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)
@ -996,10 +1009,10 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(SimpleTestCase):
        self.assertIn(
            '<pre class="exception_value">I&#x27;m a little teapot</pre>', html
        )
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Request Method:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Request URL:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Type:</th>", html)
-        self.assertNotIn("<th>Exception Value:</th>", html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Request Method:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Request URL:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Type:</th>', html)
+        self.assertNotIn('<th scope="row">Exception Value:</th>', html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Traceback ", html)
        self.assertIn("<h2>Request information</h2>", html)
        self.assertIn("<p>Request data not supplied</p>", html)