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title: "Accessibility in Joomla"
date: 2020-04-28
description: "Websites have become increasingly important in recent years. It is therefore important that your Joomla site is accessible to people with disabilities."
author: "Jeroen Moolenschot"
---

# Accessibility in Joomla

Websites have become an important resource in our lives in recent years. It is therefore important that your Joomla site is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities or impairments. Currently, in many countries, website accessibility is also increasingly a legal requirement; in the Netherlands at least, this applies to all government websites.

 In Joomla 4, 5 and 6, the backend template Atum has been created according to [digital accessibility](https://www.digitoegankelijk.nl/) guidelines WCAG 2.1 AA.

 Thus, all elements in the template can be accessed via the keyboard, it works excellently with screen readers and accessibility settings can be set per user.

 
## Accessibility settings in user management

 In the account settings, additional options have been added per user in the "accessibility settings" tab.

 ![toegankelijkheid opties](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/toegankelijkheid-opties.png)

 By default, the template looks like this.

 ![templates atum backend](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/templates-atum-backend.png)

 and in dark mode (from Joomla 5)

 ![templates atum backend donkeremodus](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/templates-atum-backend-donkeremodus.png)

 
## Low-incentive (Monochrome) version of the backend template

 This version provides much less stimulus for people who are sensitive to it.

 ![toegankelijkheid monochrome](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/toegankelijkheid-monochrome.png)

 
## Backend template in high contrast

 It makes it easier to distinguish between page elements. It is essential that the different elements have a noticeable boundary, are clearly separated from each other and do not overlap.All content should also stand out from the background.

 ![toegankelijkheid hoog contrast](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/toegankelijkheid-hoog-contrast.png)

 
## Backend template with clear links

 ![toegankelijkheid links weergaven](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/toegankelijkheid-links-weergaven.png)

 
## Backend template with custom font size

 ![toegankelijkheid groot lettertype](https://www.joomill.com/images/kennisbank/toegankelijkheid-groot-lettertype.png)

  

 This way, you can make the administration part of your website accessible, but of course it remains up to you to also make the website accessible to visitors.

 Using the "System - Skip-To Navigation" plugin, you can display a dropdown on your website to allow users who work exclusively via a keyboard (i.e. without a mouse) to easily navigate through your website.

 ![joomla4 extratoegankelijkheidsopties](https://www.joomill.com/images/blog/joomla4-extratoegankelijkheidsopties.png)

 The plugin "System - Additional Accessibility Features" provides an additional button at the bottom right of your screen, when clicked you will find additional accessibility options.


## Custom Fields

**Call2Action Titel:** An accessibility button does not make your site accessible.

**Call2Action Tekst:** I am happy to help you tackle the underlying problems so that your website is truly accessible to everyone.