Re: WCAG 2.2 status - Icon Description

Hi Charles, Alastair, and everyone,

> I am suggesting the text description accompany all instances

I agree. Back in 2016 I started a "Metadata On Hover" SC in the The
Low Vision Task Force. The text was "Informational content that is
only shown by hovering your mouse over an element is not used as the
only means of conveying information and does not obscure other
content."
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/index.php?title=Metadata_On_Hover&oldid=2426

That morphed into 1.4.13, which didn't solve the issue of the title
attribute - "Cursor Overlapping Tooltip Text on Hover"
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/index.php?title=Metadata_On_Hover&oldid=2426#University_of_Minnesota_Duluth

Kind Regards,
Laura

On 1/13/20, Hall, Charles (DET-MRM) <Charles.Hall@mrm-mccann.com> wrote:
> RE: “I didn’t quite understand what you were suggesting should change, did
> you mean that it should always be available with the icon, rather than
> before it?”
>
> I am suggesting the text description accompany all instances – if those
> instances are flow content.
>
> I am fine with the example where the usage is clustered within a data
> visualization component. However, in a chart or map, it would have to be a
> legend, since there is likely no “first instance” as visually interpreted.
>
>
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> From: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> Date: Monday, January 13, 2020 at 5:43 AM
> To: "Hall, Charles (DET-MRM)" <Charles.Hall@mrm-mccann.com>
> Cc: WCAG list <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: WCAG 2.2 status - Icon Description
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> Discussion here is fine ☺
>
>> I would prefer a more strict SC.
>> “on or before the first occurrence of an icon on the page” can still be a
>> challenge or barrier for people (including those interpreting the SC
>> without specific examples).
>
> I didn’t quite understand what you were suggesting should change, did you
> mean that it should always be available with the icon, rather than before
> it?
>
> A scenario we were considering was that icons can be used as categorisation
> and used repeatedly in table rows/columns, for example:
> https://i1.wp.com/www.joelonsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grid.gif?ssl=1<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__i1.wp.com_www.joelonsoftware.com_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2016_12_grid.gif-3Fssl-3D1&d=DwMGaQ&c=Ftw_YSVcGmqQBvrGwAZugGylNRkk-uER0-5bY94tjsc&r=FbsK8fvOGBHiAasJukQr6i2dv-WpJzmR-w48cl75l3c&m=qB_tmQLo5qB5LW0aZlpd9V-sGKU3CsiGyXGsyTVk07c&s=8Ntvj1MCJwSqz0iWnNFtnNEDGG8P_A8e25fGozLyM9o&e=>
> [alt = a table of cases in a bug tracker, the first column shows an icon for
> ‘bug’ (spider), ‘idea’ (light bulb), and email (envelope).]
>
> In scenarios like data-visualisations or maps, it seemed reasonable to allow
> for a legend approach rather than require something on every instance.
> It would also help keep it cross-technology, as things like ePub/PDF
> wouldn’t (reasonably) be able to have a page-level toggle.
>
>
>> This also assumes the “page” is the user’s context.
>
> Yep, this is for WCAG 2.x, so the page is the unit of conformance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Alastair
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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Monday, 13 January 2020 15:06:00 UTC