Re: Sortable tables how to design/ describe icons for not sorted/ ascending/ descending

On 04/05/2019 16:03, Marc Haunschild wrote:
> I still think about the problem and in my opinion itโ€™s a problem 
> violating a wcag success criterion
> 
> We have success criterion 2.5.3 in wcag 2.1 (Label in name 
> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/label-in-name>).
> 
> I think: The buttons for sorting a table are interface components in the 
> meaning of this success criterion. So it seems to me even the  is on my 
> side (not that I care ๐Ÿ˜‰ - But i do care about accessibility issues, 
> even when they are not covered by wcag)...

Normatively, 2.5.3 is only concerned with readable text - punctuation, 
or any other characters/graphics/symbols, are excluded from it. Of 
course, accessibility goes beyond just WCAG, but you can't bend the 
interpretation of the SC to a fail when it normatively isn't :)

P
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