Re: Nu-HTML warning - Aria-label with horizontal rule?

Thank you.

I have applied a filter for this warning to our script.

Joseph

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:10 PM Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote:

> Joseph Polizzotto MA <jpolizzotto@berkeley.edu>, 2020-05-30 20:23 -0700:
> > Archived-At: <
> https://www.w3.org/mid/CAGQNLEUYogWG606h25OOHSb+for0BpEdm9jEdoy3F6bvuBo_fQ@mail.gmail.com
> >
> > ...
> > While using the aria-label within <hr /> is probably not a very common
> use
> > case, it makes sense for the students for whom we are creating
> alternative
> > formats. Since some AT support that usage (our students primarily use
> JAWS)
> > is there another reason why the Nu-HTML checker should flag it as a
> warning?
>
> The sole reason the checker is flagging an hr with aria-label as a warning
> is that the guides I cited in my previous message don’t recommend using
> aria-label with hr. If those guides were to change that recommendation,
> then I would change the checker behavior.
>
> But note that the message is a warning, not an error. So it’s not saying
> that using aria-label with hr is non-conforming to the specs and that you
> must not use it. Instead it’s effectively saying that you should not use it
> unless you’re aware of the user effects.
>
> If you’d like to persistently ignore that warning (or any other message
> from
> the checker),
> https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Message-filtering
> describes the options available for doing that.
>
>   –Mike
>
> --
> Michael[tm] Smith https://people.w3.org/mike
>
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