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Re: Aria-describedby for entire checkbox grouping?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 11, 2022 6:12AM

Durn it, I hate when accessibility moves backwards, but it happens quite often.

On 5/11/22, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 11/05/2022 11:38, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:
>> aria-describedby on a fieldset has worked consistently for me when
>> entering/exiting the fieldset. What happens if you have links around
>> tis grouping and then tab into it (or shift-tab from the link after)?
> That's how I tested it ... using devtools, I added a button before and
> after the fieldset, to test the tabbing into/out of. No announcement of
> the aria-describedby text in my case (Chrome 101.0.4951.64, NVDA 2021.3.5).
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