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Re: Question on Calendar Links with similar titles

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From: Stella Mudd
Date: Mar 19, 2012 5:42PM

> Should we improve on these links in that title attribute

I would add some context. I think a title could give visual users context,
but most screen readers do not read title text on links by default. I were
using ARIA I would either add a title to each link along with role="link"
or add aria-describedby to each link (and still include the role="link").

Example:
http://jsfiddle.net/stellamudd/wryLy/

Please note, this will only work in IE9+

The hidden text is nice for when you pull up a list of links. If you are
going above and beyond and trying to hit the AAA range, I would go for this
bulletproof solution.

Hope this helps.

- Stella

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Heidi Jungel < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> We have a list of calendar events. Each event is a link and under each
> event the user can click Yes, No, or Maybe links for that event.
>
> My question is this. Is it necessary to add hidden text based so that the
> user knows which Yes, No, Maybe link goes to which event?
>
> Personally, I find too much clutters the screen reader.
> As I am navigating, I can figure this out when navigating through the
> page. But, I am not sure I am in the majority of this thought. Should we
> improve on these links in that title attribute?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>