Re: Obscure images as labels

The icon would be equally vague to an accessible and non-accessible user,
so you wouldn't be disadvantaging accessible users.

It's bad UX, but remember that WCAG is there to ensure that accessible
users have the same experience as non-accessible users. It's not there to
stop rubbish UX decisions.

On Friday, June 14, 2024, Ms J <ms.jflz.woop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
> If I have a button and the visible label is an icon or image which is
basically very abstract and it isn't possible to infer the purpose of the
control from the icon alone, but the button has a clear accessible name,
does this fail 'headings and labels' please? It almost feels as though
there is no label at all if the label is just a useless image or icon that
does not clearly indicate the purpose of the control, in which case I even
think there's an argument that it fails 'labels or instructions'. I have
seen icons for say 'settings' labelled by images of animals (because this
image was the company logo) which is entirely unrelated to. The accessible
name was 'settings' but this doesn't fail label in name as the label is an
image.
> Thanks
> Sarah
> Sent from Outlook for iOS