Re: Nested links (not related to children presentational issue in ARIA 1.1)

This thread was started on ARIA Admin, but it should be on the main WG 
list since it's a technical discussion. Attempting to move it with this 
message. Michael


On 23/06/2016 9:47 AM, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:
> Nested links work in HTML browsers now. I don’t think they should be 
> prohibited in SVG. The closer we align SVG and HTML the better it will 
> be for developers.
>
> Rich
>
>> On Jun 23, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Fred Esch <fesch@us.ibm.com 
>> <mailto:fesch@us.ibm.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> SVG is considering allowing nested links in SVG and the SVG WG is 
>> allowing us to give feedback on whether nested links would provide 
>> accessibility issues. HTML prohibits nested links - although they 
>> work in some browsers. SVG links (SVG <a> element) are reachable via 
>> tabs and should be readable by AT. In the future, we want to be able 
>> to navigate through the semantically important SVG elements 
>> (including links) and have AT read them.
>>
>> Are there accessibility reasons nested links are prohibited in HTML? 
>> Should nested links be prohibited in SVG for accessibility reasons?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Fred Esch
>> Watson, IBM, W3C Accessibility
>> <0F322723.gif>  Watson Release Management and Quality
>>
>>
>>
>

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