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Re: Accordion design patterns

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From: Geethavani.Shamanna
Date: Jun 15, 2023 8:26AM

That is correct, most screen readers announce when you enter/exit a region, and the accordion text is well demarcated. As a screen reader user, this is precisely why I like having regions associated with accordions. It is important to note that these regions are not visible when an accordion is collapsed. So if there are five accordions on a page but only one is expanded, only one accordion region is visible. Also, if all accordions on a page are collapsed, these regions are not displayed in the landmarks list. So unlike general landmarks which can be annoying if there are too many of them on a page, regions associated with accordions are nonintrusive.

Geetha