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[…] of . Ensure the element includes an id attribute Finally, add the value of the title and, if used, the desc element as the value for the previously added aria-labelledby. […]
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[…] of . Ensure the element includes an id attribute Finally, add the value of the title and, if used, the desc element as the value for the previously added aria-labelledby. […]
May 3, 2024 | Technical
[…] a chat interface. Even when you hover over or focus on an element with a title attribute and a tooltip becomes visible – that’s an overlay. In themselves, as long as […]
March 31, 2024 | Technical
[…] to Mark Both Required Fields and Optional Fields Explicitly (Only 14% Do So). As its title suggests, this article does recommend indicating both required and optional fields. Indicating required fields […]
February 6, 2024 | Technical
[…] for people with disabilities. Use semantic HTML to give each data visualization a heading or title that describes the content, as well some introductory text that tells the user what […]
December 18, 2023 | KnowledgeBase Content
[…] disoriented. People using the JAWS screen reader for example would receive information about the page title. Additionally, their reading order could be unexpectedly reset to the top of the page. […]
November 20, 2023 | Technical
[…] for this request reads: “Adding recommendation for web views. Also, please capitalize ‘Android’ in the title.” In this note, the tester referred to their original write-up for the issue they […]
April 24, 2023 | ARC Platform, KnowledgeBase Content, Technical
[…] recently there was no dedicated method in HTML to identify content as a subheading, sub title, alternative title or tagline. Now there is. Previously, a common method for subheadings was […]
July 19, 2022 | Technical
[…] be possible, at least not in any useful way. Using a tooltip isn’t accessible, because title attributes are not available to keyboard or touch users. It is possible to make […]
July 5, 2022 | Technical
[…] out the window. Ensure your headers are used correctly (e.g., use the H1 for the title, H2/H3 for sub-headers, etc.) so everyone, regardless of their visual abilities, will be able […]
January 17, 2021 | Business
I admit that I have been guilty of a lot of accessibility bad practices in the past, both as a freelancer and while working for agencies. Being a designer who…
July 16, 2020 | Technical
[…] now is used for both acronyms and abbreviations. User Interface truth The use of the title attribute to provide the expansion for an abbreviation is not a user friendly way to […]
March 12, 2019 | Technical
[…] IE11 won’t announce the accessible name or description of a form control if the ` title` attribute is used in tandem with aria-describedby, and the user is navigating by virtual […]
September 5, 2018 | Technical
[…] Updates to ARIA and using inert Since the release of my previous script, the aria-modal attribute has been introduced, and allowing “dialog” as a value for aria-haspopup have been added […]
June 29, 2018 | Technical
[…] quite an apt metaphor. If you think of a standard web page, it has a title, various landmarks (header section, footer, navigation), headings, lists, buttons, links and so on. Each […]
February 8, 2018 | Technical
Be careful when you use the aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby attributes, because they do not work consistently with all HTML elements. This is a short note on when (and when […]
July 12, 2017 | Technical
[…] text node in the source order unless the element has a name provided by the title, aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes, in which case these sources are used. In the case […]
September 2, 2016 | Technical
[…] is this – does this markup pattern result in the desired outcome? i.e. is the title attribute content conveyed to users? From adhoc testing (test page) with Firefox, Safari, IE, Chrome, […]
February 10, 2016 | Technical
[…] readers (I have also had a long history in battling the demons of native ( title attribute) display in browsers). Then there is the issue of how the trigger control is […]
January 15, 2016 | Technical