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Re: Descriptive label for Read more button

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From: wolfgang.berndorfer
Date: May 1, 2023 8:40AM

Hi Glen,

> I like to use aria-labelled by rather than aria-describedby so that if the screen reader user brings up a list of links or a list of buttons, the context of the "read more" will appear in that dialog.

We have to be careful:

The label “read more” won't be part of the *technical* name referenced with aria-labelledby, independent of that being a person's name or something else.
That would be a 2.5.3 fail.

I’d prefer aria-describedby therefor, knowing that the description is not mentioned, when I list up the links with most SR.
Jaws adds the description to the link-text at least when tabbing through a page.

Or do you think about some scripting workaround, adding something to “Read more” in aria-label?