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Accessibility setting to underline all links in text boxes (#42638)
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content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-user-account-settings/managing-accessibility-settings.md

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To create an experience on {% ifversion fpt or ghec or ghes %}{% data variables.location.product_location %}{% elsif ghae %}{% data variables.product.product_name %}{% endif %} that fits your needs, you can customize the user interface. Accessibility settings can be essential for people with disabilities, but can be useful to anyone. For example, customization of keyboard shortcuts is essential to people who navigate using voice control, but can be useful to anyone when a keyboard shortcut for {% data variables.product.product_name %} clashes with another application shortcut.
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## Managing accessibility settings
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You can decide whether you want to use some or all keyboard shortcuts on {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}{% data variables.location.product_location %}{% elsif ghes or ghae %}the website for {% data variables.location.product_location %}{% endif %} and you can also control the display of animated images{% ifversion link-underlines %} and how links are displayed{% endif %}.
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You can decide whether you want to use some or all keyboard shortcuts on {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}{% data variables.location.product_location %}{% elsif ghes or ghae %}the website for {% data variables.location.product_location %}{% endif %}, and you can control the display of animated images.
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{% ifversion link-underlines %}
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### Managing keyboard shortcuts
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## Managing the appearance of links
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You can control whether links in text blocks on {% data variables.location.product_location %} are underlined and therefore more distinguishable.
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{% note %}
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**Note:** The option to show link underlines is currently in beta and subject to change.
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{% endnote %}
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{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
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{% data reusables.user-settings.accessibility_settings %}
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1. Under "Content", manage settings for link appearance.
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- To enable underlines on links in text blocks, under "Link underlines", select **Show link underlines**.
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- To disable underlines on links in text blocks, under "Link underlines", select **Hide link underlines**.
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{% endif %}
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## Managing keyboard shortcuts
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You can perform actions across the {% data variables.product.product_name %} website by using your keyboard alone. Keyboard shortcuts can be useful to save time, but can be activated accidentally or interfere with assistive technology.
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{% ifversion motion-management %}
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### Managing motion
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## Managing motion
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You can control how {% data variables.product.product_name %} displays animated _.gif_ images.
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data/features/link-underlines.yml

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# Issue 11303
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# Support for showing underlines on links
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versions:
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fpt: '*'
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ghec: '*'
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ghes: '>=3.11'

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