aria-hidden (was RE: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC); Publish 1 ARIA FPWD & 2 ARIA Heartbeats)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Birkir Gunnarsson [mailto:birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com]
>As a larger, and separate, problem, I think aria-hidden="false" should
>not override CSS display settings. If there is an absolute need for
>content to remain visible to assistive technologies whilst being removed
>with CSS, there should be a more explicit attribute for aria-hidden,
>such as aria-hidden="visible".
>But I will post that as a separate thread.

There is a very real need to be able to hide content from the visual presentation while making it available to assistive technologies. Currently, aria-hidden is the best available mechanism for this. I disagree with any suggestion that CSS properties should override aria-hidden. Rather, I think ARIA should be the final determinant of what does and does not appear in the accessibility tree corresponding to a document, irrespective of style properties.


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