Re: links in aria-describedby

On 08/08/2019 10:58, Davis, Angela (ITS) wrote:
> Sure.  I have a check box. When clicked it shows an image. The image has 
> text under it that is also in an aria-describedby. The text contains a 
> link. When the check box receives focus the screen reader does not tell 
> me the text has a link in it. It reads the whole caption as plain text 
> which is what it should do. My question is what wcag 2.0 standard would 
> be violated if a user is not told a link is present?

I don't think it would fail anything. Providing the -describedby content 
was visible, the link would be indicated and reachable wherever the 
content was located on the page. The fact that -describedby content is 
flattened to text when it's announced automatically doesn't seem to be a 
WCAG fail that I can think of.

Léonie.




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>            Label 1
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>            This is an image. For more information visit _more 
> information about this image._
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> *From:* ALAN SMITH <alands289@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:42 PM
> *To:* Davis, Angela (ITS) <Angela.Davis@its.ny.gov>; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* RE: links in aria-describedby
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> Angela,
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> Your question does not make sense. Can you be more specific and give a 
> code example?
> 
> Alan Smith
> 
> *From: *Davis, Angela (ITS) <mailto:Angela.Davis@its.ny.gov>
> *Sent: *Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:10 PM
> *To: *w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> *Subject: *links in aria-describedby
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If a link is in an aria-describedby what wcag 2.0 guide line would be 
> violated? I’m thinking it would violate 4.1.2
> 
> Name, Role, Value Level A but I want to be sure.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> *Angela Davis*
> 
> Information Technology Specialist 2
> 
> *NYS Office of Information Technology Services*
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> Citizen Services Cluster | Application Systems Engineering
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Received on Thursday, 8 August 2019 18:59:09 UTC