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From: Sean Curtis
Date: Aug 19, 2014 2:19PM

Ah right. Well the original question was about new tabs or windows. I'm guessing that just specifying target="_blank" should be enough for screen readers. I'd still use this even if launching the new window is done via JS provided it helps screen readers announce things better.

Cheers,

Sean

> On 20 Aug 2014, at 5:52 am, "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> aria-haspopup (property)Indicates that the element
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/terms#def_element>; has a popup context menu
> or sub-level menu.
>
> This means that activation renders conditional content. Note that ordinary
> tooltips are not considered popups in this context.
>
> A popup is generally presented visually as a group of items that appears to
> be on top of the main page content.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
>
>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Sean Curtis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> What about aria-haspopup?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>>> On 20 Aug 2014, at 3:26 am, "Wee, Kim (MNIT)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree - the graphical icon for new windows, external links, PDF, etc.
>> works great for visual users and by adding text alternative works also for
>> screen readers - but, when I tested this technique and made the graphic
>> part of the link (not separate from the link text, which is what you should
>> do in order to not have duplicate links read to the screen reader), the
>> alternate text was not read by the screen reader.
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Paul J. Adam
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 9:32 AM
>>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] tabs vs windows
>>>
>>> Best practice is to warn all users, sighted and screen reader, to the
>> presence of those new window links or file types links.
>>>
>>> Simple way to do that is to use a graphical icon for new windows,
>> external links, PDF, doc, xls, etc. so visual users know what it is before
>> clicking on the link and provide a text alternative for those icons so
>> screen reader uses get the same info.
>>>
>>> Paul J. Adam
>>> Accessibility Evangelist
>>> www.deque.com
>>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Lijewski, Lolly M (DHS) <
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>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> In my last post I asked about opening of windows, but in some browsers,
>> tabs open. So the question is the same, what are the best practices when
>> content opens in a new tab or window?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lolly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lolly Lijewski
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