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Re: Using has-poppup to affect touch UIs

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Dec 13, 2013 9:53AM

Since screen readers are hardwired to announce 'submenu' and 'menu' for the
triggering elements that contain the attribute, I'd recommend offscreen text
for cross platform support of this type of feedback for the time being.

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From: "Patrick H. Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Using has-poppup to affect touch UIs


> On 13/12/2013 16:35, Bryan Garaventa wrote:
>> Actually I had the same question yesterday, and got some confirmation
>> about
>> this which I've pasted below. The attribute aria-haspopup should only be
>> used on menus.
>
> What about buttons that trigger a dialog/pop-up? How would you signal
> that activating them will have that effect?
>
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