RE: Ignore HTML elements in mobile devices

Would it also need to be a tabindex=”-1” to remove it from the navigation flow?

Reference: http://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/tabindex

Corey Collins
Adaptive Technologies Specialist
Student Life and Learning
University of the Sunshine Coast
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From: Oscar Cao [mailto:oscar.cao@live.com]
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2014 11:04 AM
To: Rodrigo Prestes Machado; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: Ignore HTML elements in mobile devices

Hi Rodrigo

You only need the tabindex if it's an interactive element and do not want users to be able to tab to it.
Hope that helps.

Regards,
Oscar

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From: Rodrigo Prestes Machado<mailto:rodrigo.prestes@gmail.com>
Sent: ‎8/‎09/‎2014 10:47 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org<mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Ignore HTML elements in mobile devices
Thanks Corey!

With a image, the alt=“” will be enough, but, do you know if we have a tabindex=“0” equivalente for touch events in ARIA?

Regards,
Rodrigo


Em 07/09/2014, à(s) 20:55, Corey Collins <ccollins@usc.edu.au<mailto:ccollins@usc.edu.au>> escreveu:


Hi Rodrigo

Referencing an image within a CSS style will be ignored by a screen reader.

If the image is not being referenced in a CSS style, an empty alt will suffice but make sure you utilise the alt attribute (alt=””) or the image file name may be read-out.

Thanks.
Corey Collins
Adaptive Technologies Specialist
Student Life and Learning
University of the Sunshine Coast
Tel: +61 7 5456 5383 | Email: ccollins@usc.edu.au<mailto:ccollins@usc.edu.au> | Web: www.usc.edu.au<http://www.usc.edu.au/>

From: Rodrigo Prestes Machado [mailto:rodrigo.prestes@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2014 9:18 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org<mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Ignore HTML elements in mobile devices

Dear Colleagues,

I'm new in accessibility, so, I'm sorry if my question is too basic. How can i ignore an element, for example, a image, in screen readers for mobile devices (VoiceOver or TalkBack). Sometimes we need to ignore element used just to style the page, so I need something similar tabindex=“0” but for touch events.

Best regards,
Rodrigo

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