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From: Mohith BP
Date: Wed, Jul 15 2020 8:13AM
Subject: Requesting for opinion on footer reference accessibility
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Hi All,

Scenario:
One of the web pages I am currently working has a heading in the
footer as References and all the references are listed out in an
ordered (numbered) list.
The proper reference numbers are referred throughout the main region
with superscript.
There is no functionality of clicking on the reference number and
moving to the footer reference links.

Query:
1. From accessibility point of view is it required to provide the
functionality of clicking on the reference number to move to the
footer reference link?
2. If yes, how to provide skip back to the content from footer
reference section when the same reference number is used at multiple
places in the main region?

I feel this is not needed as the functionality is not present.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

From: glen walker
Date: Wed, Jul 15 2020 11:55AM
Subject: Re: Requesting for opinion on footer reference accessibility
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It's not strictly required by WCAG but it certainly would be helpful for
all users to have the footnote references as links where they occur in the
main body of the text.

Here's a good article on accessible footnote references:
https://www.sitepoint.com/accessible-footnotes-css/

As far as having multiple references to the same footnote, that's easy to
implement. I've done it before. In the event handler for the footnote
link, I queried the ID of the current reference and dynamically updated the
SRC attribute of the footnote itself so it would go back to the link it was
called from. Of course, the "back" button in the browser would work too.


On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:13 AM Mohith BP < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Scenario:
> One of the web pages I am currently working has a heading in the
> footer as References and all the references are listed out in an
> ordered (numbered) list.
> The proper reference numbers are referred throughout the main region
> with superscript.
> There is no functionality of clicking on the reference number and
> moving to the footer reference links.
>
> Query:
> 1. From accessibility point of view is it required to provide the
> functionality of clicking on the reference number to move to the
> footer reference link?
> 2. If yes, how to provide skip back to the content from footer
> reference section when the same reference number is used at multiple
> places in the main region?
>
> I feel this is not needed as the functionality is not present.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Mohith B. P.
> > > > >

From: Mohith BP
Date: Mon, Jul 20 2020 12:06PM
Subject: Re: Requesting for opinion on footer reference accessibility
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Thank you Glen for clarifying and for the reference.
I marked as best practice (suggestion) to the client.


On 7/15/20, glen walker < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> It's not strictly required by WCAG but it certainly would be helpful for
> all users to have the footnote references as links where they occur in the
> main body of the text.
>
> Here's a good article on accessible footnote references:
> https://www.sitepoint.com/accessible-footnotes-css/
>
> As far as having multiple references to the same footnote, that's easy to
> implement. I've done it before. In the event handler for the footnote
> link, I queried the ID of the current reference and dynamically updated the
> SRC attribute of the footnote itself so it would go back to the link it was
> called from. Of course, the "back" button in the browser would work too.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:13 AM Mohith BP < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Scenario:
>> One of the web pages I am currently working has a heading in the
>> footer as References and all the references are listed out in an
>> ordered (numbered) list.
>> The proper reference numbers are referred throughout the main region
>> with superscript.
>> There is no functionality of clicking on the reference number and
>> moving to the footer reference links.
>>
>> Query:
>> 1. From accessibility point of view is it required to provide the
>> functionality of clicking on the reference number to move to the
>> footer reference link?
>> 2. If yes, how to provide skip back to the content from footer
>> reference section when the same reference number is used at multiple
>> places in the main region?
>>
>> I feel this is not needed as the functionality is not present.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Mohith B. P.
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >

From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sat, Jul 25 2020 4:54AM
Subject: Re: Requesting for opinion on footer reference accessibility
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Also keep in mind that screen readers don't announce superscripts.
I've seen a situation where a screen reader tells you you must be
"under 183" (You must be under 18³), to use some service.
I would say at minimum identify the thing as a footnote (maybe insert
the word "footnote" via visually hidden span or CSS:content.
Ideally make it a working link,, that is enough to indicate it is a
footnote, add the word "footnote" for preference.
Instead of linking to the footnote you could pop it up in a modal
dialog when user clicks it, could work for many-to-one scenarios.
Here are two oldy but still goody examples I, CB Averittt and a few
others played around with some years ago
One t one
http://a11yideas.com/testcode/footnotes.html
Many to one:
http://a11yideas.com/testcode/footnotesManyToOne.html
(if you shrink this one to a responsive view the reference changes to a modal".




On 7/20/20, Mohith BP < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Thank you Glen for clarifying and for the reference.
> I marked as best practice (suggestion) to the client.
>
>
> On 7/15/20, glen walker < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>> It's not strictly required by WCAG but it certainly would be helpful for
>> all users to have the footnote references as links where they occur in
>> the
>> main body of the text.
>>
>> Here's a good article on accessible footnote references:
>> https://www.sitepoint.com/accessible-footnotes-css/
>>
>> As far as having multiple references to the same footnote, that's easy to
>> implement. I've done it before. In the event handler for the footnote
>> link, I queried the ID of the current reference and dynamically updated
>> the
>> SRC attribute of the footnote itself so it would go back to the link it
>> was
>> called from. Of course, the "back" button in the browser would work too.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:13 AM Mohith BP < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Scenario:
>>> One of the web pages I am currently working has a heading in the
>>> footer as References and all the references are listed out in an
>>> ordered (numbered) list.
>>> The proper reference numbers are referred throughout the main region
>>> with superscript.
>>> There is no functionality of clicking on the reference number and
>>> moving to the footer reference links.
>>>
>>> Query:
>>> 1. From accessibility point of view is it required to provide the
>>> functionality of clicking on the reference number to move to the
>>> footer reference link?
>>> 2. If yes, how to provide skip back to the content from footer
>>> reference section when the same reference number is used at multiple
>>> places in the main region?
>>>
>>> I feel this is not needed as the functionality is not present.
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>> Mohith B. P.
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >


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