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Re: highlighting code changes on an html page

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From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Jan 5, 2020 8:44PM

This is not reliable for the web which this discussion is about.

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] highlighting code changes on an html page

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If you use something that can be found this would help.
e.g. at work sometimes in emails or documents we use # or * to indicate the start and end of something.
You might put the code snippet inside a read only editbox? I've never tried it but seen it done.

Screen readers can detect color if the user chooses to turn it on. For example JAWS has settings for this. However; it's VERY annoying as a setting. The more verbiage and chatter from the screen reader the less useful it often is.

e.g. you could turn on it announcing all font, size, color, alignment, tabstop change etc... but this greatly reduces the experience for someone.



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Sent: January 5, 2020 6:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] highlighting code changes on an html page

I think a bug should be lodged with screen reader companies to support attributes and colours, and improve this area over all. As this type of concept can be used with other professions and texts.


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Sent: Tuesday, 24 December 2019 8:36 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] highlighting code changes on an html page

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I am working on a web tutorial that includes code snippets.

The existing tutorial uses bold text to highlight what code has been added to the snippet. Since a screen reader wouldn't necessarily know that text is bolded, is there a "best practice" for how to indicate changed code in this scenario?



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