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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Oct 26, 2021 7:14PM

The only thing I put on span is a visually-hidden class or a lang attribute.

I tend to use non-semantic elements as infrequently as possible. I also tend to use roles as infrequently as possible.

*pom poms on* Go Semantic HTML!*pom poms off*

Peace,
David


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 2:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Voiceover bugs for Web

A <span> is a semantically neutral inline element, no reason to put it on its own line, especially when its part of a focusable block level element (like a link).
There is no need for a text role to make that happen. Even if it were, the native HTML equivalent would be the <span> element.

I spoke up against the text role at the time, though the use case I didn't like was to use it on image elements.

You could try role="none" on the <span> to see if it changes anything?
It's worth a try certainly.


On 10/26/21, David Engebretson Jr. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Lots of history in there Glen, thanks for sharing!
>
>
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> glen walker
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2021 5:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Voiceover bugs for Web
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>> It will likely be around to stay and will most likely make it into
>> the ARIA specification at some point, and is safe to use now.
>>
>
> That might be a bit generous. Until something is in the spec, I would
> not consider it safe to use. There was a text role batted around for
> a while by the ARIA committee but it was decided to not include it in
> the spec. It
> *might* make it in one day but unless you're on the committee lobbying
> for it, there's no guarantee it'll ever be there.
>
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/track/issues/435
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2011Apr/0007.html
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >


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