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Re: [EXTERNAL]Exposing the selected state of buttons

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 9, 2019 6:50AM

IE11 can't be helped I think, the browser is no longer being updated.
For the rest, we need to file issues, this pattern needs to be
supported going forward.


On 12/9/19, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Sudheer,
>
> Be particularly careful if any of your users are likely to be using IE11.
> aria-pressed hardly works in IE11. JAWS reads the state only when
> aria-pressed=true, not when it is false, and doesn't announce state changes
> (when you press the button). NVDA only reads the state and announces state
> changes when aria-pressed=true, not false.
>
> JAWS/Firefox doesn't work well either. Like NVDA/IE11, it only reads the
> state and announces state changes when aria-pressed=true, not false. I
> haven't looked to see what happens in Chrome.
>
> For these reasons, my company's Toggle Button coding pattern doesn't use
> aria-pressed. There are other ways to reliably give a similar experience. A
> pity, because aria-pressed should be perfect for toggle buttons.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Magennis
> Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
> Accessibility Specialist
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