Re: Do buttons need to follow 2.4.4 or 2.4.6?

As James said, 4.1.2 is about the "how". There is no requirement in 4.1.2
about the quality of the name.

I believe Flash27 is listed for 2.4.4 because there is no "link" element in
Flash, and buttons are used for this purpose. Andrew, is this right?

I think button naming is covered by this part of SC 1.1.1:
* * " If non-text content is a control or accepts user input, then it has a
name <http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#namedef> that describes
its purpose."

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:39 AM, adam solomon <adam.solomon2@gmail.com>wrote:

> Although links have their own technique regarding descriptive text, such a
> technique for buttons seems to be absent. Considering this absence, however,
> 4.1.2 does, in my opinion, address the issue by implication. When one uses
> nondescriptive text for an button, the result is an inherent and complete
> lack of programmatic determination for the name property (since an erroneous
> name is tantamount to an absent one), thus failing the success criterion.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:36 PM, James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com>wrote:
>
>> 4.1.2 addresses the technical "how". It does not address the quality of
>> the text which is addressed for other control types by 2.4.4 or 2.4.6
>> respectively.
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 12:49 AM, adam solomon wrote:
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/H91 would seem to
>> indicate that it is a problem of 4.1.2. You have brought up a good point -
>> 2.4.4 speaks specifically about links, not buttons, though the spirit of it
>> could certainly pertain to buttons. We should really clarify this point and
>> decide if that flash technique is really in the right place.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM, James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Button labels (whether from the text of the button element or the value
>>> of button input elements) don't seem to fit into either 2.4.4 (link purpose
>>> in context) or 2.4.6 (Headings and Labels).
>>>
>>> Does the button text need to fully identify the purpose of the button
>>> (for example when buttons are repeated on multiple rows of a table to
>>> perform an action on the row) or is it sufficient for the button to identify
>>> the purpose within the context of the correctly marked up row header?
>>>
>>> Note that FLASH27 (FLASH27: Providing button labels that describe the
>>> purpose of a button ) is explicitly stated as being a sufficient technique
>>> for 2.4.4. Can I extend this to imply that HTML buttons are covered by 2.4.4
>>> too?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> James
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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