WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Icon instead of text > open in new window

for

From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 8, 2017 5:08AM

On 08/05/2017 12:06, Fernand van Olphen wrote:
> @Patrick: Thanks fort he swift answer!
>
> By adding the "opens in new window"-text as an alternative text, only screen reader users will know about this. What about the sighted users? Shouldn't they also be warned?

Ah, I see what you mean now. Indeed, for non-AT users, that wouldn't
help. Possible to add a title attribute (to show the tooltip to mouse
users), and potentially back-filling this with a custom tooltip to also
work for keyboard users (to show the tooltip when the link receives focus)?

P
--
Patrick H. Lauke

www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke
http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com
twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke