[Bug 23490] strengthen advice on when to use a section

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23490

Willem-Siebe Spoelstra <info@spoelstra.ws> changed:

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--- Comment #21 from Willem-Siebe Spoelstra <info@spoelstra.ws> ---
(In reply to steve faulkner from comment #20)
> (In reply to Romain Deltour from comment #19)
> > Probably nitpicking, but if a section has a sub-section with a heading, it
> > complies with the "descendant heading" recommendation but the top-level
> > section is still "unidentified".
> > 
> > Also, I w/b in favor of explicitly mentioning aria-label as an alternative
> > way to identify the "theme" of the section.
> 
> thanks Romain, not nit picking it needs to be further clarified. I will also
> add a note and example about use of aria-label.

So, if I understand it correctly, we agree on the fact that not always the use
of a heading is appropriate for a section. 

However, we only must use a section when we want it to be a part of the HTML
outline, even is the section is unnamed.

In this bug (https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23545) I find a
discussion about screenreaders that should skip a section if it does not have
an accessible name.

So, my conclusion is, that when I use a section with no heading, for example
for grouping a bunch of logo's, which I still want to be part of the HTML
outline, I can use ARIA-label to provide this section with an accessible name
so screenreaders won't skip this.

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Received on Tuesday, 3 December 2013 09:15:52 UTC