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Re: The meaning of 'Change of context' in WCAG 2.0

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From: Steve Green
Date: Aug 4, 2013 11:18AM

3.2.2 states that compliance can be achieved by advising the user of the behaviour before using the component. My view is that the Select Language label does not do this because it does not indicate that the language will change immediately.

The guideline and techniques do not refer to announcing the change after it has happened, so that would not appear to be a requirement for compliance, nor a means of achieving it.

Steve


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Sent: 04 August 2013 17:56
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] The meaning of 'Change of context' in WCAG 2.0

> In the case of a combobox that changes the language that the page is displayed in, do you consider that a change of context is occurring? In one sense the meaning of the Web page is not changing, but to a person who does not speak the new language it is a profound change from something they understand to something they do not.

Whether the context is changing is one question... but isn't the real issue whether or not the change was announced (3.2.2)?

If the combobox is appropriately labeled, doesn't it meet this requirement?

I'm not advocating; I'm just curious.

Duff.