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Re: CSS Live Region

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 30, 2024 3:32PM

On 30/07/2024 22:16, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Christine,
> I hear both you and Patrick and I appreciate that and I can and will stop doing it.
> However, neither of you have offered a solution to this list to the issue that has been posed.
> So I accept your constructive criticism. However, what is the answer to the issue?

If you go back to my reply, there's explanation plus two links for the
OP's consideration - which will guide them to whichever approach they
deem most appropriate.

>>> Just setting
>>> `aria-pressed` here is not necessarily the answer either, as you then
>>> get into weird double-negative-style announcements as well. See Have a
>>> read through https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/playing-with-state/
>>>
>>> And yes, one "trick" to make the dynamic change of the label for the
>>> currently focused control announce consistently sometimes *does* involve
>>> making the control itself a tiny live region. See
>>>
>>> https://adrianroselli.com/2020/12/be-careful-with-dynamic-accessible-names.html

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