Re: Current suggestion for subheading isn't accessible

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Steve Faulkner
<faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
> simply adding an element does not add accessibility semantics (see my
> response to denis)

How about introducing a new element and add accessibility semantics to it?

People are used to using <h2>-<h6> elements for subheading/subtitle.
That obviously is because we lack an element for that.


> the example you provided is displayed in the browsers as
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
>
> the following example:
>
>
> <p>
> Lorem
> ipsum
> dolor
> sit
> <span style="display:block"> amet,
> consectetur
> adipiscing
> elit.</span>
> </p>
>
>
>
> is displayed
>
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit
> amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1

Yes, I know. But we cannot rely on CSS to indicate the semantics.


Sincerely,
Ian Yang

Received on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 16:27:02 UTC