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From: Steve Green
Date: Aug 5, 2025 5:23AM

Thanks, Birkir. In Chrome, the link's accessible name is the "aria-label" as you would expect. The heading is exposed in the accessibility tree, and its name comes from its contents, as you would expect. But JAWS and NVDA don't announce the heading, so it looks like they are making that decision for reasons I don't understand.

I haven't reversed the elements. We know that both the link and heading would be announced because lot of accordions and disclosure elements are designed that way as long as the "aria-label" attribute is not put on the heading. One of the many things that annoys me is that the "aria-label" attribute isn't even needed on this website.

Steve