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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Oct 17, 2019 5:58PM

I will look into this. Thanks for the help.



On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 7:24 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic |
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