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Re: Empty tags (divs, p and strong) in the code?

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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Aug 17, 2012 10:12AM

Would it make sense to use a role="presentation" on these elements?

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Rabab Gomaa
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> Hello,
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> I am wondering if using empty tags can cause any accessibility failures.
> Example:
> - <div class="hrline">&nbsp;</div>
> This class is used to have a decorative horizontal line.
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> - <strong></strong>
> - <p>&#160;</p>
> This is sometimes a miss during markup.
>
> I searched in the archived and found an older post about empty anchors
> http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?threadQ72 but my question is
> about divs, p and strong elements with or without spaces like &nbsp;.
>
> Thank you,
> Rabab
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