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Re: 2.4.4 Link purpose (In context)

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 6, 2020 6:00PM

On 07/03/2020 00:00, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:
> Yes, 3.3.2 requires that a form control has a persistent visible label
> (no, it can't be labeled by placeholder text alone), any label passes
> 3.3.2, 2.4.6 requires that the label describes topic/purpose.
> 2.4.6 does not say that the label has to uniquely describe topic pr
> purpose, so "delete" or "read more" seem to be sufficient, at least on
> the surface, even if you really want users to be able to clearly
> distinguish between multiple "delete" buttons on the same page, or at
> least be damn sure what they are deleting (3.3.4 comes into play here,
> to some extent, if the deletion affects user data or financial info).

I've recently pondered if having various "delete", "read more" etc
buttons (not links) that are visually clearly related to something but
lack any other association/hint in their accessible name may be failing
1.3.1 Info and Relationships. Seems a reasonable SC to hang a failure
against.

P
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