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Re: Providing accessible names with <title>

From: Steve Green
Date: Sep 7, 2023 3:20AM

Next message: Birkir R. Gunnarsson: "Re: Providing accessible names with "</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49396">Nick Bromley: "Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Next message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49398">Birkir R. Gunnarsson: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49396">Nick Bromley: "Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10860">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> <hr> The "title" attribute has been part of the Accessible Name Computation for a long time, so all user agents should use it if an accessible name is not provided by a higher priority method. It's certainly sufficient for WCAG conformance, even if it's a bit nasty.<br /> <br /> I don't know of any assistive technologies that don't use the "title" attribute if necessary. There might be some, but now we're returning to the age old question of whether we need to worry about user agents that don't support current standards.<br /> <br /> I just had the same issue on a website and recommended that the accessible name should be implemented as hidden text if possible (because non-ARIA solutions should be the first choice), otherwise by an "aria-label" attribute.<br /> <br /> Steve Green<br /> Managing Director<br /> Test Partners Ltd<br /> <br /> <br /> <hr> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49398">Birkir R. Gunnarsson: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49396">Nick Bromley: "Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Next message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49398">Birkir R. Gunnarsson: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49396">Nick Bromley: "Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10860&id=49397#49397">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> </div> </article>  <aside id="articlemeta"> </aside> </main> <footer> <div id="footerresources"> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="copyright">©2024 WebAIM</h2> <p id="contact">Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice<br> Utah State University<br> 6807 Old Main Hill<br> Logan, UT 84322-6807<br> <a class="phone" href="tel:4357977024">435.797.7024</a></p> <div id="checkpage"> <h2>Check Your Accessibility</h2> <form action="https://wave.webaim.org/report" novalidate> <label for="waveurl">Web site address:</label> <input type="url" id="waveurl" name="url" title="Web site address"> <input type="submit" value="WAVE"> </form> </div> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="blog">From the Blog</h2> <ul><li><a href="/blog/severity-ratings/">Using Severity Ratings to Prioritize Web Accessibility Remediation</a></li><li><a href="/blog/25-tips/">25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years</a></li><li><a href="/blog/celebrating-webaims-25th-anniversary/">Celebrating WebAIM's 25th Anniversary</a></li><li><a href="/blog/introducing-ncademi/">Introducing NCADEMI: The National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials & Instruction </a></li></ul> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="popular">Popular Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/training/virtual">WebAIM Training</a></li> <li><a href="/standards/wcag/checklist">WCAG 2 Checklist</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter">WebAIM Monthly Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/contrastchecker">Color Contrast Checker</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/designers/">Web Accessibility for Designers</a></li> <li><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footerlinks"> <ul> <li><a id="footercontact" href="/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a id="footerabout" href="/about">About</a></li> <li><a id="footerrss" href="/community/rss">RSS Feeds</a></li> <li><a id="footertwit" href="http://twitter.com/webaim">Twitter</a></li> <li><a id="footercopyright" href="/copyright">Copyright & Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>