RE: [breadcrumbs] best practice

Phill,

 

In the roles, states, and properties section of the breadcrumb pattern it
says:

 

. The link to the current page has aria-current set to page. If the element
representing the current page is not a link, aria-current is optional.

 

The pattern is demonstrating the use case where aria-current is needed. It
is so common, that it seemed worth doing so. I am not aware of accessibility
rationale or data that would support discouraging that type of design.

 

In general, the guide does not yet specifically address the currently
incubating personalization standards related to cognitive disabilities.

 

Matt

 

From: Phill Jenkins [mailto:pjenkins@us.ibm.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 4:36 PM
To: Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com>
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; 'Patrick H. Lauke' <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [breadcrumbs] best practice

 

Why is it a best practice to make the current page an active link to the
same page - isn't an active visible link distracting or at least confusing
to users with cognitive disabilities? 
        snip of code from pattern:
        . . . 
        <li>
        <a href="./index.html" aria-current="page">
          Breadcrumb Example
        </a>
___________
Regards,
Phill Jenkins




From:        Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com <mailto:a11ythinker@gmail.com>
>
To:        "'Patrick H. Lauke'" <redux@splintered.co.uk
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<mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> >
Date:        11/17/2017 03:38 PM
Subject:        RE: [breadcrumbs] best practice

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BTW, we have a breadcrumb pattern in the ARIA Authoring Practicess:
 
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Matt King

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From: Patrick H. Lauke [ <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>
mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 2:09 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> 
Subject: Re: [breadcrumbs] best practice

On 17/11/2017 09:43, Harry Loots wrote:
> Hi all
> what is the current thinking on breadcrumbs.
> 
> I have a situation where a client want to display the page name in the 
> breadcrumb, then repeat the page name immediately afterwards as a 
> heading, which I know can be a nuisance for text-to-speech users.

I'd say across all the things that can be problematic/nuisance on web pages,
that's a pretty minor thing. I'd further argue that even if the text is
repeated, it does serve two separate purposes: in the breadcrumb navigation,
to indicate this is the current page; as a heading, to, well, act as heading
for the actual page's content.

In short, don't think it's an actual problem.

> Are their any firm rules on breadcrumbs, or strong views for that 
> matter :)

No firm rules, as with most things in accessibility *grin*

And as is often the case, it'll depend on the specific situation (i.e. 
how is the breadcrumb actually marked up? how long are these page titles
- a few words, or as long as a whole sentence - etc).

P
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