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Re: Alerts for edits and deletions (wasFocus on adding/removing items)

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Mar 26, 2015 11:37AM

Apologies Jonathan, I should have been clearer. I mean that we had
problems getting VoiceOver on iOS to read out messages that were
contained in ARIA alerts, status messages or live regions when we used
the Snook method to hide content off-screen.

More info on the Snook method here:
http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/hiding-content-for-accessibility

Best, Lynn

On 26/03/2015, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> iOS devices don't seem to speak ARIA messages when the containing element
>> is hidden.
>
> I just created a quick test for input and links with aria-labelledby and
> aria-describedby content that is not displayed via display:none and both
> were announced by VoiceOver on iOS when swiping to the control.
>
> The ARIA spec allows for these properties to reference content that can be
> hidden although I don't think it's a good idea. For example, while this
> information is announced on tab by Windows screen readers it isn't seen in
> the virtual cursor or browse mode cursor.
>
> Jonathan
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