Forward • Accessibility Lens

Tracking since May 17, 2026.

Changelog

• May 30, 2026
  description

  The Accessibility Lens by Forward helps designers, developers, and accessibility reviewers inspect the structure of the current page directly in the browser.
  
  Use it to review headings, landmarks, images, ARIA labels, live regions, semantic reading order, and keyboard-reachable interactive elements to spot issues that can otherwise be difficult to notice. The side panel makes page structure easier to scan, and optional on-page highlights help connect each result to the element it comes from.
  
  The extension can also surface live region announcements as on-screen captions in real time, making screen reader announcements visible even when assistive technology is not running. This helps teams test status messages, alerts, validation feedback, and other dynamically announced content that can otherwise be difficult to detect and verify.
  
  The extension is useful for quick accessibility checks during design QA, development, content review, and debugging. It helps reveal common issues such as skipped heading levels, unnamed landmarks, missing image alternatives, content outside landmarks, unclear ARIA naming, inaccessible live region behavior, and confusing keyboard order.
  
  Accessibility Lens is not a replacement for manual testing with assistive technology or a full accessibility audit, but it gives teams a practical way to spot structural issues earlier while working on web pages.

  The Accessibility Lens by Forward helps designers, developers, and accessibility reviewers inspect the structure of the current page directly in the browser.
  
  Use it to test color contrasts or review headings, landmarks, images, ARIA labels, live regions, semantic reading order, and keyboard-reachable interactive elements to spot issues that can otherwise be difficult to notice. The side panel makes page structure easier to scan, and optional on-page highlights help connect each result to the element it comes from.
  
  The extension can also surface live region announcements as on-screen captions in real time, making screen reader announcements visible even when assistive technology is not running. This helps teams test status messages, alerts, validation feedback, and other dynamically announced content that can otherwise be difficult to detect and verify.
  
  The extension is useful for quick accessibility checks during design QA, development, content review, and debugging. It helps reveal common issues such as skipped heading levels, unnamed landmarks, missing image alternatives, content outside landmarks, unclear ARIA naming, inaccessible live region behavior, and confusing keyboard order.
  
  Accessibility Lens is not a replacement for manual testing with assistive technology or a full accessibility audit, but it gives teams a practical way to spot structural issues earlier while working on web pages.

• May 30, 2026
  permissions

  activeTab, scripting, sidePanel, storage, tabs

  activeTab, scripting, sidePanel, storage, tabs, webNavigation

• May 23, 2026
  description

  The Accessibility Lens by Forward helps designers, developers, and accessibility reviewers inspect the structure of the current page directly in the browser.
  
  Use it to review headings, landmarks, images, ARIA labels, live regions, semantic reading order, and keyboard-reachable interactive elements to spot issues that can otherwise be difficult to notice. The side panel makes page structure easier to scan, and optional on-page highlights help connect each result to the element it comes from.
  
  The extension is useful for quick accessibility checks during design QA, development, content review, and debugging. It helps reveal common issues such as skipped heading levels, unnamed landmarks, missing image alternatives, content outside landmarks, unclear ARIA naming, and confusing keyboard order.
  
  Accessibility Lens is not a replacement for manual testing with assistive technology or a full accessibility audit, but it gives teams a practical way to spot structural issues earlier while working on web pages.

  The Accessibility Lens by Forward helps designers, developers, and accessibility reviewers inspect the structure of the current page directly in the browser.
  
  Use it to review headings, landmarks, images, ARIA labels, live regions, semantic reading order, and keyboard-reachable interactive elements to spot issues that can otherwise be difficult to notice. The side panel makes page structure easier to scan, and optional on-page highlights help connect each result to the element it comes from.
  
  The extension can also surface live region announcements as on-screen captions in real time, making screen reader announcements visible even when assistive technology is not running. This helps teams test status messages, alerts, validation feedback, and other dynamically announced content that can otherwise be difficult to detect and verify.
  
  The extension is useful for quick accessibility checks during design QA, development, content review, and debugging. It helps reveal common issues such as skipped heading levels, unnamed landmarks, missing image alternatives, content outside landmarks, unclear ARIA naming, inaccessible live region behavior, and confusing keyboard order.
  
  Accessibility Lens is not a replacement for manual testing with assistive technology or a full accessibility audit, but it gives teams a practical way to spot structural issues earlier while working on web pages.

Permissions & access

Permissions

activeTabscriptingsidePanelstoragetabswebNavigation

Host access

http://*/*, https://*/*, file:///*

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