- From: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:50:09 -0400
- To: Richard Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com>, Fred Esch <fesch@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: ARIA <public-aria@w3.org>
Received on Thursday, 23 June 2016 13:50:16 UTC
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 >> >> >> >
Received on Thursday, 23 June 2016 13:50:16 UTC