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From: Heidi Jungel
Date: Mon, Mar 19 2012 4:39PM
Subject: Question on Calendar Links with similar titles
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We have a list of calendar events. Each event is a link and under each event the user can click Yes, No, or Maybe links for that event.
My question is this. Is it necessary to add hidden text based so that the user knows which Yes, No, Maybe link goes to which event?
Personally, I find too much clutters the screen reader.
As I am navigating, I can figure this out when navigating through the page. But, I am not sure I am in the majority of this thought. Should we improve on these links in that title attribute?
What are your thoughts?
From: Stella Mudd
Date: Mon, Mar 19 2012 5:42PM
Subject: Re: Question on Calendar Links with similar titles
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> Should we improve on these links in that title attribute
I would add some context. I think a title could give visual users context,
but most screen readers do not read title text on links by default. I were
using ARIA I would either add a title to each link along with role="link"
or add aria-describedby to each link (and still include the role="link").
Example:
http://jsfiddle.net/stellamudd/wryLy/
Please note, this will only work in IE9+
The hidden text is nice for when you pull up a list of links. If you are
going above and beyond and trying to hit the AAA range, I would go for this
bulletproof solution.
Hope this helps.
- Stella
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Heidi Jungel < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >wrote:
> We have a list of calendar events. Each event is a link and under each
> event the user can click Yes, No, or Maybe links for that event.
>
> My question is this. Is it necessary to add hidden text based so that the
> user knows which Yes, No, Maybe link goes to which event?
>
> Personally, I find too much clutters the screen reader.
> As I am navigating, I can figure this out when navigating through the
> page. But, I am not sure I am in the majority of this thought. Should we
> improve on these links in that title attribute?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>