RE: Visual Indicators

Hi Gundula,

Where you said:
> Each element (needed in a process) shall indicate what it is and what it does.
> I suggest to word the SC on visual indicators accordingly.

We have been down that path already, that is where the SC started.

Here are some links for context of why the direction changed:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2020JanMar/0008.html

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2020JanMar/0017.html


The bottom line was that it is not clear what is expected from different controls, so having a general criteria like that is very, very difficult and would require a lot of research.

It has been added to the ‘research needed’ page:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2020JanMar/0017.html


Kind regards,

-Alastair