Re: Revert Request

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> wrote:
> On 1/30/12 8:47 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote:
>>
>> So what is the most intuitive way to add a hidden
>> description/summary/label? I would think "create a
>> description/summary/label and then make it hidden".
>>
>> I.e. you'd write markup like:
>>
>> <label for=myinput>Label here</label><input id=myinput>
>>
>> and then hide the stuff that you want to only expose to AT:
>> <label hidden for=myinput>Label here</label><input id=myinput>
>>
>> Similarly:
>> <table aria-describedby="desc">...</table>
>> <div hidden id=desc>Description here</div>
>
>
> While I disagree with this method.

Why? Assuming that the explicit goal is to create content only visible
to AT, which is the stated requirement from the accessibility
community.

/ Jonas

Received on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:09:53 UTC