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Re: [EXTERNAL]Best way to prevent screen reader reading aria-live region in browse mode?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 19, 2019 7:56AM

If the deletion happens as a result of user activating a link or a
button it does not violatt WCAG 3.2.1 or 3.2.2
I'd suggest either item #1 (the basic interface of GMail does this
very wel) or add a "close" button to the screen reader warning, you
can use tabindex="-1' on it, since it is intended for screen reader
browse mode and screen reader users can activate a button from browse
mode without it being focusable. If it were focusable it would cause
confusion for sighted keyboard only users.
Or you could code a modal dialog for all users with the message "user
deleted" and a "close" button.
I am sure other users would benefit.


On 6/19/19, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Dan.
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> I'm not hiding anything that's on screen though. This feedback message is
> only intended for screen reader users.
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> Mark
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