[Bug 18385] Programmatic association of a page element to a 'description' text in a different uri

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18385

--- Comment #12 from Devarshi Pant <devarshipant@gmail.com> 2012-09-11 14:08:21 UTC ---
> If you want a visible description, make it visible and point at it with
> aria-describedby.
> (Requiring sighted keyboard users to use a secondary action on a control just
> to get additional explanation seems like terrible UI by the way.)

Your point is taken, but I disagree, there is no terrible UI when content is
accessible. If aria-describedby points to visible text, how does a sighted user
or a magnifier user track focus to the visible description. It will depend on
how aria-describedby is implemented here, like any other technique.

> I don't get how @longdesc would help here given the target of @longdesc would
> be outside the table too.

Well, using longddesc, the keyboard focus will land on the link that was
selected once the target dialog is closed, thus preserving focus. Technically,
I do not see any issue there, unless implementers have UI issues.

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Received on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 14:08:26 UTC