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Re: WCAG criterion failed when content can be read screen reader, when it shouldn't be?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Dec 18, 2015 8:37AM

On 18/12/2015 15:29, Robert Fentress wrote:
> I tend to agree. I guess 4.1.2 would fail, since the aria-hidden property
> is not set properly, but it seems like a bit of a stretch, for some reason.

I'd tend more towards 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence, as 4.1.2 refers to
"user interface components"; then again, if we're talking about a modal
dialog, that would certainly be a user interface component - but if it's
just some text that gets shown/hidden somehow, I wouldn't necessarily
call it that...

P
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