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

Thanks Bryan,
I think I need to rephrase my question.

Do paragraphs have a calculated accessible name.

I understand that I should never put an aria-label attribute on a paragraph.

Taliesin


> On Oct 25, 2024, at 16:51, bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> according to the rules for Providing accessible names and descriptions https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/practices/names-and-descriptions/#naming_role_guidance
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> heading is Required Only If Content Insufficient
> and listitem do not name, however you may name a list.
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> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
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> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 8:37 PM Taliesin Smith <talilief@gmail.com <mailto: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
>> talilief@gmail.com <mailto:talilief@gmail.com> 
>> taliesin.smith@colorado.edu <mailto:taliesin.smith@colorado.edu> 
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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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