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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jul 16, 2018 7:28AM

I've filed a WCAG issue to help get this resolved:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/433


On 7/16/18, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Good call, I never thought about it.
> CSS content is supposed to be added to an element's accessible name,
> according to the accessible name and description calculation
> algorithm:
> https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.1/
> (look for "CSS", sadly this document is not easy to navigate).
> This is a recent spec and F87 is probably a few years old. This
> definitely needs to be cleared up with the education and outreach
> group.
>
>
> On 7/16/18, Fernand van Olphen < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Is the use of pseudo elements and the content property not prohibited
>> when
>> the content is non-decorative, according to Failure 87 (success criterion
>> 1.3.1)
>> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F87.html ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Fernand van Olphen
>> Accessibility Advisor
>> Municipality of The Hague
>>
>> De disclaimer van toepassing op e-mail van de gemeente Den Haag vindt u
>> op:
>> http://www.denhaag.nl/disclaimer
>> >> >> >> >>
>
>
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