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Re: JAWS / says "No clickable elements on page"
From: Laken Hafner
Date: Jun 7, 2018 1:19PM
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In addition to what Steve pointed out, JAWS also takes into account focusable elements too. When you say that you have "buttons," are they native HTML buttons? If they're created with something like a div that has click events, JAWS probably won't detect that, nor will any keyboard-only user be able to use that page unless it has a tabindex attribute. Quickest way to check is to see if you can use the button and get to it by using your keyboard's TAB key only, without touching your mouse.
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 Laken Hafner
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Steve Green wrote:
> This sounds like a massive accessibility issue, and not only for screen
> reader users. JAWS considers clickable elements to be links, buttons and
> elements with onClick event handlers - I don't think there's anything
> else.
>
> I have encountered many websites where JAWS does not recognise one or
> more of the links or buttons, but never a website where it didn't
> recognise any. In the case of links, the cause is often the absence of
> an "href" attribute, which would also break keyboard navigability. In
> that case, adding href="javascript:void()" or href="#" usually fixes the
> issue.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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