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Re: aria-label issue with JAWS

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Jul 19, 2018 4:54AM

some tests I did yesterday may be of interest
https://s.codepen.io/stevef/debug/BPzMML

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On 19 July 2018 at 11:46, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I added aria-label to ul elements, with and without tabindex="-1".
> IE11 on Windows 10 announced the aria-label value on both.
>
>
> On 7/19/18, Mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > UL's already have a "list" role by default, but having a role isn't
> enough a
> > lot of the time, especially for IE.
> > https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2017/
> 07/short-note-on-aria-label-aria-labelledby-and-aria-describedby/
> >
> > It mentions IE specifically, where Microsoft has a thing in their API
> where
> > they look for either certain roles OR a tabindex to decide whether an
> object
> > is "accessible" and therefore can have accessibility thingies in it like
> > aria-foo.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Mallory
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, at 10:29 AM, Mohith BP wrote:
> >> Do you have provided any valid role for <ul>?
> >>
> >> On 7/18/18, Kakarla Meharoon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> > hi everyone
> >> >
> >> > In IE browser aria-label is not read out by the JAWS and aria-label is
> >> > present on the UL element
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > *Thanks*
> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >
> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >
>
>
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