Re: Redundant instruction in titles damaging accessibility

Thank you Taliesin for your thoughts. I agree.


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>



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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>