Re: Redundant instruction in titles damaging accessibility

I would agree that the H2 content in V1 is unnecessarily long.

Help text, if you want to include it, should go a paragraph nearby 
(e.g., between heading and list) - again, if you want to include it at all.


Taliesin


On 2025-06-26 18:49, Bristow, Alan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Focusing on the text of the H2, does anyone have something specific I 
> can reference in support of my position that the v1 example is worse 
> due to:
>
> a). verbosity: unnecessary title text resulting in less rather than 
> more clarity
>
> b). breaking with an established pattern: all other cases of anchor 
> link navigation in the site avoid verbose unnecessary additional title 
> text
>
> Note: V1 and V2 examples comprise identical unstyled H2s followed by 
> unstyled UL > LI > A anchor links. Markup conforming to best practices.
>
> V1
> - - -
> Topics - select from the following menu
>
> News
> Sport
> Culture
> Arts
> Travel
>
>
> v2
> - - -
> Topics
>
> News
> Sport
> Culture
> Arts
> Travel
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Bristow ( he / him / il )
>
> Web Developer / Développeur Web
>
> Accessibility / Infographics
>
> Elections Canada / Élections Canada
>
> alan.bristow@elections.ca <mailto:alan.bristow@elections.ca>
>