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Re: Feedback on numbered paragraphs.

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From: glen walker
Date: Jun 3, 2018 6:00PM

Is there a reason a standard <ol> couldn't be used? I'm assuming so
because that seemed like the obvious first choice but you're looking for a
different solution.

I tend to shy away from definition lists because VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS
all treat them differently from each other. VO doesn't think they're
lists. You can't navigate to them using the "Lists" settings on the
rotor. NVDA treats each <dt> and <dd> as separate list items, so if you
had 3 pairs of definitions, NVDA would tell you it's a list with 6 items.
In JAWS, if you navigate using the 'I' (eye) quicknav key, it only
navigates to the terms and not the definitions.

Your heading solution isn't bad but I wouldn't start the heading label with
the word "paragraph". If I'm looking for the 15th paragraph, I have to
hear "paragraph" every time before I hear the number that I'm interested
in. Although not as grammatically pleasing, I would swap the two and have
"1 paragraph", "2 paragraph", etc. That way I can quickly hear the number
first and find 15 easier.

Glen


On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Jonathan Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> About a year ago, I asked about the use of different markups with numbered
> paragraphs. My memory of that query is that there were no true suggestions
> on improving readability.
>
> We are re-investigating the best layout and one of our clients suggested
> the use of ARIA-Headings for the paragraph numbers. I feel that the
> additional verbosity is not bringing any additional feedback, but would
> like to hear what others feel.
>
> Please take a look at my CodePan at:
> https://codepen.io/jccTests/full/GGorRJ
>
> And provide feedback.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> > > > >