Re: New SC: Meaningful element name

On 15/07/2016 15:53, Sailesh Panchang wrote:
> Proposed SC: Element name exposed to assistive technology is
> meaningful and describes element's purpose.  Level AA
>
> This may be under Guideline 2.4
>
> Rationale:
> Links are covered by 2.4.4, controls such as buttons by 1.1.1
> But landmarks, region names  and such that are often named via
> aria-label are not.
> e.g. a main landmark with aria-label="Plan A Trip landmark, main navigation".
> or with aria-label text that runs together with no space between words.
>
> And the Understanding doc should suggest that the name should be
> concise, clear, avoid redundant words etc.

I'd agree with this in principle.

P
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