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Re: Chrome 80 Bug

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 16, 2020 9:44AM

role="presentation" is useful in certain situations, and I think it is
a perfectly valid workaround for this one.
This is clearly Chrome issue. If you need someone to promote or
comment on the issue you filed, just add the URL. For now I will look
at the ohter issue URL posted from the Web A11y discussion.


On 3/16/20, Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> or how about <b>*</b>? or a span with a bold style?
>
> Sandy
>
> sandyfeldman.com
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> On 2020-03-16 11:13 a.m., Swift, Daniel P. wrote:
>> I'm a little late to this party - is it possible to include font-weight on
>> the label and completely leave out 'strong'?
>>
>> Dan Swift
>> Senior Web Specialist
>> University Communications and Marketing
>> West Chester University
>> 610.738.0589
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>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
>> Of JP Jamous
>> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 10:40 AM
>> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Chrome 80 Bug
>>
>> Max,
>>
>> You are correct. I added role="presentation" to the <strong> and it was
>> read
>> by JAWS in Chrome 80. While I don't agree with the role="presentation",
>> as
>> it is not proper HTML semantic, at least it does solve the problem for
>> now.
>>
>> Thank you so much for sharing this.
>>
>>
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