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Re: chrome's devtools accessibility tree - where's the accessible description?

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From: glen walker
Date: May 15, 2020 2:49PM

Found the problem, thanks. NVDA was announcing the element and then it
sounded like the description was read after the accessible name, but that
was just a trick of the ears and how the text was formatted. The
description that I thought I heard was actually part of the accessible name
so technically there was no description so nothing to show in the
accessibility tree. It's obvious now after the fact but I was too close to
it before and needed someone to knock my head.

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 2:00 PM Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> For me at least, the description shows - but only when there is an
> actual description. For instance, a link with a title="..." attribute,
> or with an aria-describedby="..." pointing somewhere, it then a
> "Description: ..." in the "Computed Properties" (and, in the case of
> aria-describedby, an additional "Described by: ..." reference as well,
> pointing to the element that provides the description).
>
> P
> --
> Patrick H. Lauke
>
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