- From: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:01:30 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 07/04/2021 13:51, Ms J wrote: > I was wondering if there was anything that specified whether aria roles > should be applied to specific elements. For example, I have often seen > websites implement a lot of their functionality using links, and then > give the links new aria roles such as ‘button’ or ‘radio’ to indicate > their purpose rather than using the proper element in the first > instance. Is this likely to cause any issues? > I think Aria was developed because people were using links for purposes other than links. Originally HTML was explicitly not a presentational language, but it has become one. Aria was developed to compensate for this. The usage you are questioning is the reason for its existence.
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