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Re: using .svg images accessibly

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 4, 2017 4:20PM

WE use both role="presentation" and aria-hidden="true" on
presentational SVG images (granted, it is a bit of an overkill, but
there was an IE bug that required us to use both).
But, yes, for the sake of clarity, you should use either attribute on
an SVG image to make sure it is marked as decorative.



On 8/4/17, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I wanted to confirm with the group something related to this discussion
> regarding links with SVG images.
>
> Given that links are not child presentation elements -- use of SVG inside of
> a link would either require an accessible name on the sSVG or marking the
> SVG as decorative such as via aria-hidden. Would people agree with that?
> That is SVG should be treated similar to the img element where you cannot
> simply leave it's purpose unspecified unless it is otherwise supposed to be
> excluded from the accessibility tree.
>
> Jonathan
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