RE: Icon fonts - semantic elements

Jim,

 

In my mind only if that icon font was used as a control. 4.1.2 is really about interactive elements….my 2 cents…

 

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From: Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 12:56 PM
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Subject: Icon fonts - semantic elements

 

Was drafting the email to html editor about where to file a but about specifying the semantic of sprites or icon-fonts so they can be programmatically determined. 

"role" popped into my head. 

How is using <i>some icon-font stuff</i> not a failure of 

4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: For all user interface components <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#user-interface-componentdef>  (including but not limited to: form elements, links and components generated by scripts), the name <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#namedef>  and role <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#roledef>  can be programmatically determined <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallydetermineddef> ; states, properties, and values that can be set by the user can be programmatically set <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallysetdef> ; and notification of changes to these items is available to user agents <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#useragentdef> , including assistive technologies <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#atdef> . (Level A) 

 

the icon-font is text but its role is an image shouldn't this fail 4.1.2?

 

 

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