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Re: [External Sender] Title Attribute Issue

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Aug 30, 2019 9:25AM

Good catch Steve. I wonder if these buttons are in forms. I doubt if anyone
is filling out forms without using the tab key.

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:22 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> aria-describedby suffers from the same problem that Jim reported, insofar
> as screen readers will announce the value of the attribute when you tab to
> the button but they will not announce it in virtual cursor mode.
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> If you want to ensure that the information is announced when tabbing and
> also in virtual cursor mode, you need to use some form of hidden text that
> is included in the button's name. Critics will say this approach is very
> old school, but it works and there's actually nothing wrong with it.
>
> FWIW, this isn't likely to be an NVDA issue - I would expect the same
> behaviour in other screen readers.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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