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From: Jim Homme
Date: Nov 29, 2021 11:09AM

Hi,
Here is the situation. I want to fail this for something, but unsure what.




* Screen reader reports a control as a collapsed button
* User clicks the button, thinking that content will appear below it.
* A new webpage loads.
Here is my thought process.


* Buttons should usually make things happen in forms.
* Links should usually cause navigation to either new pages or parts of the same page.
* Expanded and collapsed state should be used on buttons, rather than links.


Thanks.

Jim

=========Jim Homme
Senior Digital Accessibility Consultant
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