- From: Jan Hellbusch <jan@hellbusch.de>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 12:07:40 +0100
- To: "'Tobias Bengfort'" <tobias.bengfort@posteo.de>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Tobias, > a common pattern with media elements is to have the same link on an image > and a heading. This makes it easier to use the link with the mouse, but for > keyboard navigation this is just annoying. > > I understand it is helpful to use tabindex="-1" on the image link to remove the > redundant link from the tab order. Will this also remove the redundant links > from link navigation in assistive technology, e.g. NVDA? No, semantics remain. > Or should I use role="none" in addition to the tabindex? That used to work, but nowadays not. JAWS for example will identify a link with tabindex="-1" and role="none". Since you are writing from Germany: https://www.barrierefreies-webdesign.de/knowhow/textalternative/alternativtextoptimierung.html Jan
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