RE: Feedback on aria-hidden section of "Using WAI-ARIA in HTML" document

Thanks James

 

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From: James Craig [mailto:jcraig@apple.com] 
Sent: April-05-13 6:41 PM
To: HTML Accessibility Task Force
Cc: Steve Faulkner; Hans Hillen; glemon@paciellogroup.com
Subject: Feedback on aria-hidden section of "Using WAI-ARIA in HTML"
document

 

Feedback on aria-hidden section of "Using WAI-ARIA in HTML" document

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/aria-unofficial/raw-file/tip/index.html

 

@hidden versus @aria-hidden section of the attributes table:

 


Element with a
<http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#the-hidden-attribute> hidden
attribute

aria-hidden=true

NO

Use the hidden attribute in conjunction with the CSS display:none property

 

 

There are differences between the two which should be called out. @hidden
always hides content from all modalities, so this will result in the visible
removable of the content in addition to removing that content from
accessibility contexts. 

 

Depending on the UI design of a web interface, there are times when content
needs to be hidden from screen readers. For example, sometimes content is
rendered partially at the edge of a view (like a carousel) to indicate there
is more that will become active once you click Next or scroll. In these
circumstances, using @hidden would prevent the visual rendering of this
"lead-in" content, so the document should recommend using @aria-hidden at
some times.