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Re: [External Sender][EXTERNAL]Linking article previews

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Jul 22, 2019 9:15AM

" you might find a combination that doesn't like something in it" --ain't
that the truth

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:11 AM Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> No reason why not. The title would be read twice though. Once as the link
> text and once as itself. You could add aria-hidden to the title to prevent
> that. You could even use aria-labelledby instead of aria-label because it's
> a bit more elegant and I think it will still work even when it's pointing
> at a hidden element.
>
> You would have to test this across all your supported browser/screen
> reader combinations though because it's possible that you might find a
> combination that doesn't like something in it, e.g. an aria-label on a div
> even if it has a link role.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Magennis
> Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
> Accessibility Specialist
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