- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:01:59 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 16/06/2016 18:24, Wayne Dick wrote: > I really just wanted to remind the community that for visual users that > don't see wai-aria roles, states and properties, headings are important > and really the only thing we have. UA's don't give us heading > navigation, but clear visible heading can really help. Aren't these two completely separate issues? - visual/sighted users need headings to be styled in a way that makes their "heading-ness" obvious (i.e. providing sizing etc that conveys their hierarchy and overall document/page structure) and - headings need to be programmatically identified, so that AT can announce them correctly These aspects are independent from each other. I can use proper <h1>-<h6> markup and at the same time set their visual styling to be indistinguishable from regular paragraphs (satisfying the second point, but not the first); conversely, I can use a plain <span>, but give all the fake span headings an appropriate class that visually makes them appear correctly. These issues are independent from each other. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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