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Re: IE 11 Bug? Work around?

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From: Sean Curtis
Date: Mar 15, 2016 2:05PM

Why not leave the disabled attribute as is, but simply add the aria-disabled="true" attribute to help IE11 out? No JS required.

Cheers,

Sean

> On 16 Mar 2016, at 3:57 AM, Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I have the following demonstration code.
>
> <!doctype html>
> <html>
> <head>
> <meta charset="utf-8">
> <title>Checkbox Status Reporting for Completed Form</title>
> </head>
>
> <body>
> <form>
> <p id="aboutSupportNeeds_label">Tell us about Fred (check all that apply)</p>
> <input name="aboutSupportNeeds" checked disabled class="ng-pristine ng-untouched ng-valid ng-valid-required" id="intlectDisableSwElem" aria-labelledby="aboutSupportNeeds_label intlectDisableSwElem_label" type="checkbox" value="Y" >
> <label class="span8 checkboxGroupLabel" id="intlectDisableSwElem_label">
> a. Has an intellectual disability (IQ is less than 70).&nbsp;
> </label>
>
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> This is a subset of code used in an application to present the completed form to the user for review. They cannot make any changes to the form from the page in this state. Thus the reason for the checkbox to be disabled.
>
> In FireFox and Chrome JAWS and NVDA report the correct status of the checkbox but in IE11 the status of disabled checkboxes is always reported as not checked by the screen readers.
>
> I have tried adding aria-checked and even role=checkbox but still can't get the desired behavior out of IE.
>
> Does anyone know of a work-around for this situation?
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
>
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