Released Enhancements
Support Button Renamed to “Help Center” and Always Available
To improve clarity, consistency, and access to support resources, the Support button in Agenda and Meeting Management Select has been updated. It now clearly directs users to the Help Center. This ensures documentation is easily available to all user roles and access configurations.
Key Enhancements
Clearer Labeling: The “Support” button is now labeled “Help Center.” This reduces confusion and more accurately reflects its destination.
Direct Help Center Access: Clicking the Help Center button reliably redirects users to the Agenda and Meeting Management Select Help Center.
Always Visible: The Help Center button is now displayed for all users. This is true even if the “Has Forethought Access” setting is disabled in Global Settings. Help resources are consistently accessible across roles and permissions.
UI Consistency: The Help Center chat bubble icon now matches the icon used in the user menu. This ensures a cohesive and consistent interface.
What to Expect
All users can easily access the Agenda and Meeting Management Select Help Center using the Help Center button. This update improves usability and reduces reliance on configuration-based access. It also ensures support resources are always within reach.
WCAG 2.2 Admin Portal Improvements
Accessible Heading Structure Automatically Applied to Word and PDF Exports
Agenda and Meeting Management Select now automatically applies semantic heading styles to Word exports based on agenda section and item hierarchy. This helps support accessibility compliance and reduces manual remediation work. It also makes sure exported Word and PDF files meet accessibility standards. This includes correct heading order and reading order. The look of the agenda doesn’t change. Clerks don’t need to manually tag the documents after export.
What’s New
Automatic Heading Mapping: Sections and items are assigned Word heading styles based on their hierarchy level:
Section (Level 1) → Heading 2 (H2)
Exclusions Preserved: To ensure semantic accuracy, heading tags aren’t applied to:
Agenda titles (Heading 1/H1)
Description fields
Recommendation text
Visual Design Unchanged: All existing inline formatting is preserved. This includes font type, size, color, spacing, and weight. Heading styles don’t force bold text unless bolding is explicitly applied by the user.
Accessible PDF Output: When Word files are saved as PDFs, document structure tagging is preserved. This ensures proper heading hierarchy, reading order, and bookmarks in the final PDF.
Language Metadata Applied: Exported documents are explicitly tagged with English (US) language metadata. This improves screen reader interpretation and standards compliance.
Impact
Clerks and accessibility officers can now generate Word and PDF agenda documents that include correct semantic heading structure for Section Name (H2) automatically. This supports WCAG and PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility) requirements without additional post-processing. This enhancement improves accessibility and reduces remediation efforts. It also ensures public-facing documents are ready for inclusive access upon export.
Keyboard Access Added for Scrollable Regions in Minutes Edit Views
Agenda and Meeting Management Select now ensures that scrollable content regions within Minutes editing and related views are fully operable using a keyboard. This helps support keyboard-only users and improve overall accessibility compliance. The update addresses WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard). Users can focus, scroll, and navigate through all visible and overflow content without relying on a mouse or pointing device.
Key Changes
Keyboard-Focusable Scroll Regions: Scrollable elements are now focusable and accessible using standard keyboard navigation. This includes elements such as the page title and header regions.
Improved Content Navigation: Users can scroll through content using keyboard controls. This ensures access to all information within scrollable containers.
Shared Component Updates: Keyboard accessibility improvements apply across common layout components, including:
AgendaHeader
AgendaHeaderPartialModified
AgendaItemHeader
AgendaMinutesHeader
EventDetailPartial
OrderAgendaMinutesItems
Standards Alignment: Updates align with WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard). This improves compatibility with assistive technologies and keyboard-only workflows.
Expectations
Keyboard-only users can navigate and interact with scrollable regions across Minutes and Agenda editing views without encountering inaccessible content. This enhancement improves usability and reduces accessibility barriers. It also strengthens compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards.