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Re: aria-controls

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 6, 2020 4:30AM

On 06/07/2020 10:40, Miriam Fukushima wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I just read about aria-controls and that JAWS doesn't announce it.
>
> I recently saw a button to reveal more content beneath a text.
> When you press it, it slides downwards and reveals more content above
> itself.
> It has aria-expanded and aria-controls.
>
> How would be the recommendation for that kind of control to communicate
> where to find the expanded content?

The safest option is to make sure that the newly-revealed content comes
directly after the trigger element that expands/collapses it. If that's
not possible, then one option would be to programmatically move focus to
the start of the newly-revealed content.

P
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