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From: Jim Homme
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 12:27PM
Subject: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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Hi,
I got the below code using the Firefox accessibility checker. The checker says that the accessible name is blank, but I don't see that here. What am I missing?

<a href="/company/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Company</strong></a>

Jim



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Jim Homme
Digital Accessibility
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 12:40PM
Subject: Re: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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Jim,

Double check with a screen reader to make sure it is picking up the name for
the link, but that looks like a false positive. I would suggest filing a
bug.

Thanks!
Tim

From: Steve Green
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 12:50PM
Subject: Re: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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I inserted that code into a page and the Firefox accessibility checker does not report it as an error for me.

Is it possible that a parent element is doing something to cause your problem? Can you post a larger code sample so we can see more of the context?

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


From: Jim Homme
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 1:20PM
Subject: Re: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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Hi Steve,
Sure. See below. I checked the syntax of the A tag at Mozilla Developer Network, and I do not see the problem.

<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li class="company"><a href="/company/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Company</strong></a></li>
<li class="brands"><a href="/brands/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Brands</strong></a></li>
<li class="strategy"><a href="/strategy/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Strategy</strong></a></li>
<li class="investors"><a href="https://ir.company.com/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Investors</strong></a></li>
<li class="careers"><a href="/careers/" class="bvRowLite"><strong>Careers</strong></a></li>
<li class="news"><a href="https://ir.company.com/news-releases" class="bvRowLite"><strong>News</strong></a></li>
<li class="contact"><a href="/contact/"><strong>Contact</strong></a></li>
</ul>
</div>



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Jim Homme
Digital Accessibility
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

From: Steve Green
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 2:10PM
Subject: Re: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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I inserted all that code into a page and the Firefox accessibility checker still does not report it as an error.

If I were you, I would use the DOM Inspector to progressively delete the rest of the content on that page and see when the error disappears.

Have you looked at the original source code rather than the DOM? Is it possible there is a syntax error that is causing the error, but is getting fixed in the DOM so you don't see it there?

Steve


From: Jim Homme
Date: Tue, Oct 15 2019 2:31PM
Subject: Re: HTML: I Do Not See the Accessibility Error
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the advice. I'll follow your advice. NVDA thinks the code is OK.

Jim



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Jim Homme
Digital Accessibility
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions