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Re: ARIA tab interface

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From: glen walker
Date: Oct 17, 2019 5:23PM

If you have a series of buttons, perhaps the "disclosure widget" would be a
better pattern.

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#disclosure


On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:06 PM Tom Livingston < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> That was my initial thought as well, which is why I asked. I guess
> what I was looking for was if it is a no-no from an accessibility
> rules stand point. The design makes sense to look at it. They are more
> like buttons that tabs - visually speaking - and they represent
> choices. Once a choice is made, related content appears. I was reading
> about aria-controls and the design doesn't lend itself to some of the
> build recommendations suggested to make that a viable option. My
> content is basically a tabbed interface, but like I said, didn't show
> tab 1 on load.
>
> So, is it a bad thing or just not the norm?
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