Re: Do text nodes, e.g. paragraphs have an "Accessible Name"

according to the rules for Providing accessible names and descriptions
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/practices/names-and-descriptions/#naming_role_guidance

heading is Required *Only If* Content Insufficient
and listitem do not name, however you may name a list.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen



On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 8:37 PM Taliesin Smith <talilief@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Interest Group Members,
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> I have always thought of an "accessible name" as required content for an
> interactive thing like a button or a checkbox or slider, etc.
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> Do text elements like paragraphs, headings, list items have accessible
> names, that is if there is no added aria-label attribute.
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> Developers on our team are abstracting / simplifying our current API that
> builds accessibility into our interactive simulations. The plan is to make
> the API very simple, like everything gets an accessible name. This seemed a
> little odd to me, as I have never thought of a paragraph as having an
> accessible name.
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> Do text nodes have accessible names by default?
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> Taliesin
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> Taliesin L. Smith
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> Inclusive Design Research Specialist
> PhET Interactive Simulations
> http://phet.colorado.edu/
> Department of Physics
> University of Colorado, Boulder
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