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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 10, 2019 6:03PM

On 11/05/2019 00:56, Lucy Greco wrote:
> hello:
>
> i personaly do not like having links on a web page to the page itself as
> it can be vary frustrating for a user if they think they have gone to a new
> page and find they are on the same page. could some one tell me wair to
> find this problem in the w3c speck thanks

If you mean if this is addressed in WCAG, then no...it's a general
usability, rather than accessibility, issue ... so nothing that would
directly contravene any SC.

For AT users, the issue can be mitigated by adding aria-current="page"
to the link, which will (in supported browser/AT combos) at least
announce that the link relates to the current page.
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#aria-current

And yes, while it can be annoying having a link basically to where you
are, there's also an argument that this creates a certain consistency
(so the navigation has the same actionable links in every page).

P
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