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Re: ARIA-Multiselectable and JAWS?

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From: glen walker
Date: Jun 9, 2020 4:40PM

I also noticed (although you didn't ask :-) ), that your "About" menu has
some items with an indicator (triangle) meaning they open in separate pages
and others that don't have an indicator. From a pure AA conformance
perspective, you don't necessarily have to convey that a link opens a new
tab (although some might say that 2.4.4 implies an "opens in new page" is
necessary to convey the "purpose" of the link). However, the fact that you
have a visual clue that a link opens in a new page *would* require that you
convey that same information to assistive technology because there's a
"relationship" conveyed through presentation (1.3.1).

That is, if none of the links had the triangle indicator but some of them
opened in new pages, you don't necessarily have to convey that to assistive
technology (because it's not conveyed to anyone). But if you have a visual
clue that something different will happen, that "something different"
should be conveyed to everyone.