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Re: Fourth rule of aria > aria-hidden

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jan 22, 2018 7:07AM

Jaws does not display aria-hidden content in browse mode, but if you
focus it with the keyboard it Is announced. It is very confusing.

I guess there is no one optima solution in this scenari (other than
making those maps accessible of course). :)


On 1/22/18, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 22/01/2018 13:57, Fernand van Olphen wrote:
>> Wordpress suggests to add aria-hidden="true" and tabindex="-1" to visible
>> same-destination-links.
>>
>> https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/best-practices/markup/post-excerpts-for-an-archive-template/#duplicate-links
>
> Potentially confusing for sighted keyboard users...but not necessarily
> outright wrong.
>
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