aria
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Test: aria-description
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The aria-description attribute was added to give developers more flexibility than the aria-describedby attribute. Previously, we’d use aria-describedby to connect an input to its helper or error text. But aria-description allows us to include a string, much like the aria-label attribute. I’ve avoided this because I didn’t think it had good support. The accessibility support… Continue reading
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Bookmarklet for finding incorrect use of aria-owns
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This post restored from the Wayback Machine. It was originally published on March 8, 2020. We’ve discovered the hard way that our products have incorrectly used the aria-owns attribute. With the recent Chrome updates, this has triggered the pages to break the customer experience with JAWS and NVDA. I created the following bookmarklet to highlight… Continue reading
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Find aria-hidden with this bookmarklet
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I love purpose built bookmarklets that help you find problematic code. I got an email yesterday from Travis Roth (Wayback Machine) about a potential vestigial aria-hidden attribute on an otherwise visible element. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon to find an element that has aria-hidden=”true” on an element that is visible and should have either “false” or… Continue reading