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Re: Dot Leaders Should Be Seen, but Not heard

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From: Mark Harcourt
Date: Apr 14, 2021 9:29AM

Thank you for your rapid reply. My inexperience led me to choose "role" as
an attribute name. I am just seeking a convenient handle to use in the CSS
selector that I coded for this: .dot-leader span[role="dot-leaders"]:after

Please suggest a better attribute name that will not hijack the span
element.

Cheers.

Mark Harcourt

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:24 AM JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Mark,
>
> Why did you choose to use a role attribute on the span? role="dot-leaders"
>
> 1. This is not necessary and violates one of the 2 main principles of
> ARIA. The role here serves no purpose, because you hid the span from
> assistive technologies. Automated tools such as Axe or Wave, might call
> that as a warning, because you are hijacking the span element.
> 2. The role attribute has specific values that it uses. "dot-leaders" is
> not one of them that I am aware of. If you are using this as a CSS class,
> then you are implementing the role value incorrectly.
>
> Those are the only concerns I have noticed by reading quickly through your
> markup.
>
>
>
>
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