Re: the presentation role

actually that was silly I could just use aria-hidden= true for hiding
things. but still what ways does different tech handle role =
"presentation" if not like MDN suggests?

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 9:37 PM bryan rasmussen
<rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Techniques/Using_the_presentation_role
> it says
>
> The presentation role is used to remove semantic meaning from an
> element and any of its related child elements.
>
> and then in an important looking blue box it says "Note: Opinions may
> differ on how assistive technology should handle this technique. The
> information provided above is one of those opinions and therefore not
> normative."
>
> that's nice because I could have sworn that I have used different
> screen readers in which the role="presentation" is not read - but in
> VoiceOver currently the role = presentation is read.
>
> This makes me wonder - is there a way to remove content from a
> screenreader reading it that will also leave it otherwise visible and
> available to keyboard navigation?
>
> And two what are these various ways that other assistive technologies
> handle role="presentation"

Received on Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:42:07 UTC