Accessibility

Accessibility help

This wiki includes simple accessibility options from the menu screen.

Screen readers: The toolbar is keyboard navigable and labelled for screen readers.

What’s remembered?

The following settings are 'remembered' on your device - these are stored in local storage and not cookies.

• Contrast on/off
• Underline of links on/off
• Text spacing setting
• Cursor type selected
• Reading ruler on/off
• Text size

Keyboard use:

• Esc closes the accessibility panel
• Tab / Shift+Tab to move between controls
• Enter to activate a button
• Reveal navigation: use on-screen arrows (or ←/→ if enabled)

Skip links: appear at the top when you Tab (Content / Navigation / Search / Accessibility).

Known limits

Some pages/skins may have rare elements not fully themed. If you report them to us will will endeavour to fix them. Thank you.

Accessibility options

• Text size and spacing controls change readability on the menu and overlays.
• Contrast toggles between standard and high-contrast (black/yellow). Links are shown in blue and underlined to ensure they are clearly distinguishable from body text.
• Two different large cursors options (white or yellow) can make the pointer easier to see.
• Horizontal reading ruler to guide the user on the screen.
• Underline links for clarity.

Selected controls are retained between pages and site visits for the individual user.

Reset

The reset button in the accessibility gadget clears all current settings back to their default states.

Access Keys

The Timeless skin for MediaWiki uses the standard MediaWiki access key system, which allows for fast keyboard navigation across desktop, mobile, and tablet layouts

The modifier key (usually Alt+Shift on Windows/Linux or Ctrl+Option on macOS) must be used in combination with the characters listed below.

Page Action & View Shortcuts

• e - Edit the current page (or view source)
• t - View the talk/discussion page
• h - View page history
• c - View the main content page (if in a talk namespace)
• + - Add a new section/comment to a talk page
• m - Move (rename) the current page
• d - Delete the current page
• w - Watch or unwatch the current page
• p - View the printable version of the page
• k - View pages that link here ("What links here")

Navigation & Search Shortcuts

• f - Jump to the search box
• z - Go to the main page
• r - Go to Recent Changes
• x - Go to a random page
• q - Go to the special pages index

Personal & User Tools

• . - Go to your user page
• y - Go to your contributions
• l - Go to your watchlist
• o - Log in
• o - Log out

Editing Shortcuts

• s - Save/Publish the changes you are editing
• p - Preview your edit
• v - Show changes (diff)
• b - Jump to the edit summary box
• i - Toggle the "minor edit" checkmark

How to use them

• Windows/Linux (Firefox/Chrome/Edge): Alt + Shift + [Key]
• macOS (Safari/Chrome/Firefox): Ctrl + Option + [Key]

   Note: Some browsers might require just the Alt key, or a combination of Alt and Shift.

Note on limitations: Editor toolbar in high-contrast mode

When high-contrast mode is enabled, most of the site switches to a black background with yellow text for maximum readability.

The page editor toolbar (for example, Bold, Italic, Link, Image and related controls) uses a mixture of icons and system styling provided by MediaWiki. To avoid disrupting the editor’s behaviour or hiding important controls, these toolbar icons are not recoloured in high-contrast mode.

In this area, text labels and tabs may retain their original colours to preserve legibility and usability. This ensures:

editor controls remain visible and functional

keyboard and screen-reader access is unaffected

the editor behaves consistently across browsers

Screen readers announce all editor controls correctly, and full keyboard access is supported.

This approach prioritises reliability and accessibility over visual uniformity.