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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 16, 2018 5:17AM

I can't find a specification anywhere that says what the behaviour should be. My instinct is that Internet Explorer is right and the others are wrong - CSS content is an oxymoron and it feels so wrong. How did it ever get into the CSS spec?

Steve

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS issue for mandatory fields

> And is there any indication the others intend to fix their behaviour?

There is zero chance that IE11 will be fixed as it is dead except for security updates

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On 16 April 2018 at 12:05, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Which browsers are behaving correctly in respect of this? And is there
> any indication the others intend to fix their behaviour?
>
> I find that developers are very keen on this technique for some
> reason, and there are often no ARIA attributes for the information
> they want to convey.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Steve Faulkner
> Sent: 16 April 2018 11:17
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] JAWS issue for mandatory fields
>
> IE does not expose CSS before:/after: content in the accessibility
> tree, other browsers do, which is why you are experiencing the
> difference. Use of CSS to indicate state is not a robust method.
>
> Suggest using aria-required="true" as this exposes the state in
> accessibility APIs.
> https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#aria-required
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w
> 3c/>
>
> On 16 April 2018 at 11:06, Kakarla Meharoon
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > JAWS does not recognize the required field (*) in IE browser. If *
> > is coded using Pseudo elements.
> >
> > But i checked in Chrome and FF * is read by JAWS but in IE browser
> > only its not reading while tabbing as well as arrow key navigation.
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