Managing accessibility settings

GitHub's user interface can adapt to your vision, hearing, motor, cognitive, or learning needs.

In this article

Note

This article will help you customize your experience on the GitHub website as a whole. For information on using specific GitHub products with screen readers and other assistive technologies, see the GitHub Accessibility Documentation.

You can control whether links in text blocks are underlined and therefore more distinguishable.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.

  2. In the left sidebar, click Accessibility.

  3. Under "Content", manage settings for link appearance.

    • To enable underlines on links in text blocks, under "Link underlines", select Show link underlines.
    • To disable underlines on links in text blocks, under "Link underlines", select Hide link underlines.
    • To disable hovercards for previewing link content, deselect Hovercards.

Managing keyboard shortcuts

By default, all keyboard shortcuts are enabled. For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.

  2. In the left sidebar, click Accessibility.

  3. Under "Keyboard shortcuts", manage settings for your keyboard shortcuts.

    • To disable shortcut keys that don't use modifiers keys like Control or Command, under "General", deselect Character keys.
      • If you disable character keys, you may still be able to trigger shortcuts for your web browser, and you can still trigger shortcuts that use a modifier key.
    • To customize the keyboard shortcuts for triggering the command palette, under "Command palette", use the drop-down menus to choose a keyboard shortcut. For more information, see GitHub Command Palette.

Managing motion

You can control how GitHub displays animated .gif images.

By default, GitHub syncs with your system-level preference for reduced motion. For more information, see the documentation or settings for your operating system.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.

  2. In the left sidebar, click Accessibility.

  3. Under "Motion", manage settings for motion.

    • To control how GitHub displays animated images, under "Autoplay animated images", select Sync with system, Enabled, or Disabled.

Managing appearance settings for better contrast

You can customize contrast levels to improve visibility and meet accessibility needs.

  1. If you're not signed in, click on the right in the top navigation bar to access the contrast settings.
  2. If you're signed in, click Appearance in the left sidebar of your user settings.
  3. Under "Contrast", toggle the "Increase contrast" switch.