- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:29:04 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 18/01/2019 10:49, Joshue O Connor - InterAccess wrote: > Hi all, > > In the Examples section of the success criterion 'Identify Purpose' - it > is suggested that the 'The links in the navigation of a website are > marked-up so that users can add their own icons' but seems to be no > steer on how this is done. [1] > > Does it imply the use of some other semantic that describes the > container widget of the links? Or a role for the links themselves? If > native HTML semantics are not sufficient its seems to be there should be > an explanation of why. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks > > [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/identify-purpose.html Well, the idea is that users would either have an extension (which I don't believe exists yet, for chicken-egg reasons) or custom-written user styles (and a way to add them to each page - not a feature native to most browsers anymore nowadays, so also via an extension) to do this. In the case of custom styles, something that specifically targets microdata/aria landmark attributes and adds a custom image as a background or similar. At least that's my understanding. 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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