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Re: which aria role to use

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Oct 25, 2012 4:03PM

The only reliable way I've found for doing this which is cross platform and
cross AT compatible, is the Popup example shown at
http://whatsock.com/modules/standard_dynamic_control_templates/demo.htm

It doesn't rely on ARIA, instead it uses strategic DOM insertion and
offscreen text. I've tested this in IE 8-9 and FF and Chrome using JAWS
12-14 and NVDA, and using Voiceover in iOS Safari, with equal accessibility.

role="note" on container elements appears to do nothing in IE8 using JAWS13,
and if you are referring to the use of role="note" on an active element,
that's not advisable, because it hides the active element role from the
screen reader so that only the text is announced.

E.G

<a href="#" role="note"> Test </a>

Results in simply "Test" being announced as plain text, not as a link using
JAWS.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] which aria role to use


> Hello,
> We are building a new web app and would like include Aria were it makes
> sense to do so. In the case where a user might click on a link and be
> presented with a popup that presents additional information, would
> role="note" be the best option?
>
> An example might be where a person's name appears in a table of
> information and clicking on the hyperlinked name would produce a popup
> that provides additional information about that person such as phone,
> email address, etc.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>
> > >