FW: [WebAIM] Color of link text

FYI a thread we should consider if we have not already.

Forward from WebAIM list about discussion of technique G183 that we may want to consider.  That is the G183 assume focus and hover states are available to distinguish links from text without just luminosity -- but on mobile touch and hover may not be available and thus differentiation with more than luminosity may be needed.

Jonathan

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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto:webaim-forum-bounces@list.webaim.org] On Behalf Of Guy Hickling
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 8:09 PM
To: webaim-forum@list.webaim.org
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Color of link text

I think the solution for mobiles is easy enough. It just needs a media query, as used in responsive development, to detect small screens (everything from tablet size or less) and have it underline all links on them. (As usual we can except those links, such as menu options, that have other clear indication of them being links.) The query would
be:

@media all and (max-width: 1000px) {
   a:link, a:visited { text-decoration : underline } }

The difficulty might be getting everyone to accept and apply this as a necessary part of accessibility even though not specified in the WCAG.
Really, G183 ought to be rewritten to include a requirement for links to be underlined, in their unvisited and visited states, on anything with a screen small enough that it is likely to be a tablet or mobile.
And it could include an example with a media query like the above.
That way underline-hating designers can have their wicked way on desktops but, being allowed that, maybe they wouldn't mind quite so much if underlines appear on their mobile designs!

I realise of course that there is a somewhat blurred boundary in screen sizes between tablets and desktops, so the above 1000px is necessarily very arbitrary. But this approach would cater for the vast majority of touch screen devices. I've pitched the figure quite high as it would be better to have underlines appear on a few small desktops rather than no underlining on many larger touch screens.

Regards,
Guy Hickling
http://www.enigmaticweb.com

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