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Re: SVG graphics best practise of hiding content.

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 21, 2020 4:39PM

That's the cool thing about this list, you never stop learning.
Thanks Jonathan


On 2/21/20, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Birkir, regarding SVG elements -- the SVG API Mappings document indicates
> they must be part of the accessiblity tree when certain situations are
> included https://w3c.github.io/svg-aam/#include_elements and also excluded
> when certain situations occur -- but it's not clear that user agents mut
> mark them decorative. So I find this actually to be a very complex topic
> I've dropped some standard SVG elements into Chrome and Chrome seems to show
> an svg with circle inside as SVG root for the SVG and ignored for the
> circle. So Chrome seems to include SVGs which have a graphics-document
> implied role as being in the tree and correctly ignore the circle element.
> So I'd say it's safer to mark the SVG explicitly as role presentation or
> aria-hidden if decorative.
>
> Jonathan
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