Thread:Project:Support desk/Accessibility issue with Wikipedia search box

An accessibility issue has just appeared in the main search box of Wikipedia. The search box now fails W3C WAI Guidelne F24: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/F24.html

I'm using a windows 7 desktop with Firefox. I have changed my windows colours to display white text on a black background.

The search box now sets characters typed to black. It does not set the background colour. Therefore the background defaults to the OS colour and I end up with black text on a black background ie. it's invisible. This is very new. The search box has been fine up until today(ish).

Note that either: a) Both foreground (text) and background colour should be set. OR b) Both foreground (text) and background colour should not be set.

Setting one but not the other results in problems for people who are not using default colour settings eg. the visually impaired.

Do not test with Chrome. Chrome fixes this problem on the fly for most web pages. Text with Firefox or IE (I do not have Safari).

To see which colours have/have not been set. Go to the Windows appearance settings and change text to lime green and background to red. Now look at the Wikipedia site. Text typed is black (not lime green) and the background is red.