- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:47:09 +0100
- To: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
- Cc: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
- Message-ID: <AANLkTi=EGkmXBYiyVat=CV=qO5YtafDR=it0-jKEwKrV@mail.gmail.com>
Note: also exposed as an accessible decription in Safari on Mac and chrome on windows. regards Stevef On 10 September 2010 15:36, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > the code below references a hidden div element with a description. The > description text string is provided in the accessible description property > in MSAA and Ia2 in firefox, should it be given that the div is hidden? > > <img alt="bottle" aria-describedby="x"> > <div aria-hidden="true" style="display:none"> > blue bottle with a rusty lid > </div> > > > the following from the WAI-ARIA spec [ > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#namecalculation] suggests it is OK. > > "The text alternative for a given node is computed as follows: > > 1. Skip hidden <http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#def_hidden>elements unless the author specifies to use them via an > aria-labelledby or aria-describedby being used in the current > computation. By default, users of assistive technologies<http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#def_at>won't receive the hidden information, but an author will be able to > explicitly override that and include the hidden information. " > > If so it is a useful method of providing descriptive information for AT > users. > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG Europe > Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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