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Re: JAWS, group of buttons, and ARIA

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 10, 2017 10:03AM

Why do you need both a toolbar and a group?
Have you tested using just one or the other?
<div role="toolbar" aria-label="group label">
...
,/div>
or ditto with role="group"?

Technically you can use aria-setsize and aria-posinset to indicate
total number of buttons in a group and the relative position of each
button:
(you need to check the ARIA spec to see what type of element this
attribute is valid on).




On 5/10/17, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> It reads fine when the entire page is read. also when I use a down arrow.
> Jaws says toolbar with 2 items, then group Test ButtonBar . If I tab in it
> just says the button name.
> NVDA did not tell the number of items. I added a list around the buttons,
> then NVDA told the number of buttons. Jaws said toolbar with 2 items, then
> group, then list with 2 items. - a bit repetitive.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:43 AM, R.U. Steinberg < <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> wrote:
>
>> I have a question regarding JAWS 18, ARIA, and buttons. Let's say I have a
>> group of buttons and I want JAWS to announce the name of the group, as
>> well
>> as the name of the individual buttons as users navigate to them. The only
>> way I can seem to get this working is to have a DIV with a role of
>> toolbar,
>> then inside of it, a div with a role of group. Is this the only way? Also
>> is there a way to code it so that JAWS will announce how many items are in
>> the group or toolbar? Thank you ahead of time.
>>
>>
>>
>> <div role="toolbar">
>>
>> <div role="group" aria-label="Test ButtonBar">
>>
>> <button id="myPrimaryButton" type="button">Primary Button</button>
>>
>> <button id="mySecondaryButton1"
>> type="button">Secondary Button</button>
>>
>> </div>
>>
>> </div>
>> >> >> >> >>
>
>
>
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