RE: Current suggestion for subheading isn't accessible

At the risk of crossing the streams, or at least the threads, thoughts
welcome on the following rough draft for a possible new element:
http://www.html5accessibility.com/HTML5extensions/subline.html

Simultaneous discussion taking place on the public HTML a11y list:
http://tinyurl.com/d5m7l6l

Léonie.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Yang [mailto:ian@invigoreight.com] 
Sent: 07 May 2013 17:27
To: Steve Faulkner
Cc: WAI Interest Group
Subject: Re: Current suggestion for subheading isn't accessible

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
wrote:
> simply adding an element does not add accessibility semantics (see my 
> response to denis)

How about introducing a new element and add accessibility semantics to it?

People are used to using <h2>-<h6> elements for subheading/subtitle.
That obviously is because we lack an element for that.


> the example you provided is displayed in the browsers as
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
>
> the following example:
>
>
> <p>
> Lorem
> ipsum
> dolor
> sit
> <span style="display:block"> amet,
> consectetur
> adipiscing
> elit.</span>
> </p>
>
>
>
> is displayed
>
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit
> amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1

Yes, I know. But we cannot rely on CSS to indicate the semantics.


Sincerely,
Ian Yang

Received on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 17:04:14 UTC