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Re: How important are page titles in a single page application?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Jan 30, 2018 5:20AM

Screen reader users can access the title element content at any time using
a keystroke, for example:
using JAWS using INSERT + T

https://freedomscientific.github.io/VFO-standards-support/html.html#toc-title

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Regards

SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 30 January 2018 at 11:57, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> If a single page application (SPA) presents as a number of distinct
> 'pages' of functionality, is it necessary to change the page's <title> to
> reflect the current function/content of the page? Assuming that the change
> of context is made obvious in some way. Who will even notice the <title>
> change? My reading of WCAG 2.4.2 page title is that it doesn't require
> unique <title> elements for individual 'pages' within an SPA. But is this
> okay in practice?
>
> Mark
> > > > >