- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:15:25 +0100
- To: Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VmMV5hVyyKCx9jJyen9xXFeWyWgy-p7czuukMNJeY=rGg@mail.gmail.com>
Louise, this article may be helpful Not so short note on aria-label usage – Big Table Edition https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/11/07/not-so-short-note-on-aria-label-usage-big-table-edition/ On Thursday, 8 April 2021, Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org> wrote: > > > 😃 > > > > *From:* Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk> > *Sent:* 08 April 2021 13:20 > *To:* Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org>; w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > > > *Subject:* RE: Appropriate use of aria labels > > > > Sorry, I appear to have had a brain fart. Hidden text would still be my > preference, but you can indeed use “aria-label” attributes. > > > > Steve > > > > *From:* Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 08 April 2021 12:37 > *To:* Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk> > *Cc:* Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org>; w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > > > *Subject:* Re: Appropriate use of aria labels > > > > Hi Steve, why can’t you use aria-label on links?Edition > > > On Thursday, 8 April 2021, Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk> > wrote: > > That approach will not work because you cannot use “aria-label” attributes > on links. We recommend using hidden text instead. There are a number of > ways of implementing hidden text, but most people use the CSS “clip” > technique because it works with LTR and RTL languages. Floating the text > and giving it a large negative left margin works fine for LTR languages, > but cannot be used with RTL languages. > > > > Steve Green > > Managing Director > > Test Partners Ltd > > > > > > *From:* Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org> > *Sent:* 08 April 2021 11:28 > *To:* w3c-wai-ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > *Subject:* Appropriate use of aria labels > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Sorry I have another one! I’ll try and mute down a bit after this one as > I already have a lot to mull over! > > > > We have some links on our site that are repeated (like everyone else). In > the two examples below, is the gold standard to have an aria label in the > way described: > > > > 1. You have a category news page which aggregates text snippets next > to a stack of ‘read more’ CTAs for different news pages sitting beneath > it. Here’s instead of someone tabbing through and hearing ‘read more, read > more …’ for all the links, when you tabbed through you’d have an aria label > that read out ‘read more about 'headline of news article x', so you’d have > something more descriptive for a screen reader? > 2. You have side panel and header/footer items with repeated links > such as *privacy policy*, or *awards*, or *about*. Here if the 1 to 2 > word item is not obvious you would use a longer aria label to describe it. > For example, ‘read more about the history of organisation x’. > > > > It’s a bit easier with editorial content (in the body copy) because you > can make the hyperlinks specific and descriptive. > > > > With kind regards > > Louise > > > > > ------------------------------ > > This email (and attachments) are confidential and intended for the > addressee(s) only. 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