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Re: Are ambiguous links awful even when there's surrounding context?

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From: Jeremy Echols
Date: Apr 26, 2019 10:36AM

In our case, the "view more" link is in a list item element directly after other list items, where the list itself is given a heading. I *think* it's got context, but it's not entirely clear to me if items in a list are considered to be within the same context as the other items and the heading.

Below is an example of the HTML:

<h2>Authors</h2>
<ul>
<li><a ...>Jane Doe</a></li>
<li><a ...>Joe Smith</a></li>
<li><a ...>View More</a></li>
</ul>

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If the "View more" link is in a paragraph of its own, which they often are, then it will constitute a WCAG2 fail because the link isn't in the same context as its surrounding content.

Hope this helps.

On 02/04/2019, Maupin, Brennan Polaris McCaffrey - maupinbp < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I am new to this so take my opinion for what it is worth, but if I am
> correct, if there is surrounding text that provides context, it is AA
> compliant. I am aware that you cannot use guidelines to pass/fail
> something; however, it is useful that in a couple of their advisory
> techniques w3c gives specific examples of unclear (out of context)
> links in enclosed lists preceded by descriptive headings.
>
> I was actually pretty surprised that this was this was passing
> criterion. I have always heard it is best practice to use descripting
> link text for the links-list-view on screen readers. That looks like
> it is AAA criterion, however.
>
> -Brennan Maupin
>
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> surrounding context?
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> Background: we're trying to prioritize problems in a third-party
> application where remediation can be expensive. To say the least.
>
> I am aware that when there's *only* a "view more" link, it's not
> helpful, but what about when that link is in a list alongside related
> links? For instance, we have a list of facets. Within the "author"
> section, there are
> 10 or so linked names followed by a "View more" link. Then there's
> another section for Subjects, etc. Each section is under an h2-level
> heading, and each list of links is within an unordered list tag (ul).
>
> I'm aware this isn't ideal, but are we looking at a AA failure?
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