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Fallback considerations for ARIA role=img
By using ARIA’s role="img" you can change the semantics of an element to expose itself to the browser’s accessibility API as an image or “graphic”. While the best course of action is to not do this,...
View ArticleLink with counter demo
A quick demo of a link containing a count down timer that would update until a promotion period has ended (after 7 days). The demo doesn’t make you wait 24 hours though, and instead uses setInterval()...
View ArticleDimmed selects may still be actionable with VoiceOver
Presently, with macOS 10.14.4, Safari 12.1, Chrome 75, and Edge Canary 77, a select element with the disabled attribute may still interacted with if using VoiceOver. For example: <div style="border:...
View ArticleA toast to an accessible toast…
You may have recently read Adrian Roselli’s Scraping Burned Toast, Chris Coyier’s summary of the current “toast conversation”. Or maybe you’ve browsed the GitHub repository for A Standard ‘Toast’ UI...
View ArticlePSA / tire kicking dev.to for a11y
Originally posted at: https://dev.to/scottohara/psa-tire-kicking-dev-to-for-a11y-njb Giving this service a try (dev.to). Being a markdown editor, seems to me that people who post here should be able...
View Articleoutput: HTML’s native live region element
Recently I wrote a bit on how I’d define a toast component, outlining UX concerns that should be considered if deciding to implement such a messaging mechanism. tldr; a “toast” (hopefully renamed...
View ArticleReduced Motion Auto-Play Video
Auto-playing background videos can be annoying. However, beyond being a source of annoyance (or “user delight”, as some might say) they can be distracting for those who have difficulty staying focused,...
View ArticleThe accessibility of placeholder links
The following was written due to a question Vikas Parashar asked on Twitter, that Heydon Pickering had already answered by the time I got around to checking Twitter. This post dives deeper into...
View ArticleSome A11y Project article updates
As time goes by and information becomes outdated and/or new techniques become available to replace old, content should be audited and updated. I do that on my site from time to time, and I also...
View ArticleTesting lazy image support, and instead finding another unexpected behavior
Hey, maybe you saw this link back in April: Native image lazy-loading for the web!? With Chrome 76 having just been released, you can try out their implementation of lazy loading content like images...
View ArticleUsing a spacer.gif in 2020
From Wikipedia:A spacer GIF is a small, transparent GIF image that is used in web design and HTML coding. They were used to control the visual layout of HTML elements on a web page, at a time when the...
View ArticleResults of labeling lists
Developers can label a list by using an aria-label or aria-labelledby on the containing list element (e.g., ol, or ul). Doing so will give the list an accessible name, which can be situationally...
View ArticleARIA in HTML
On July 6 2021 the ARIA in HTML specification, that I co-edit along with Steve Faulkner and Patrick H. Lauke, became a W3C Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. As the W3C promoted in their invitation for...
View ArticleAccessibility of the section element
The <section> element semantically represents a grouping of content that has an overarching theme. It is one of the HTML elements that represent sectioning content, where these elements are meant...
View ArticleNew in ARIA 1.2: ARIA IDL attributes
One of the new features coming in the ARIA 1.2 specification is the ability to specify ARIA attributes using the new ARIA IDL interfaces.Prior to ARIA 1.2, if you needed to specify an ARIA attribute...
View ArticleImage SVG aria-hack=resolved
It’s a good day when you can verify an accessibility issue has been resolved.In this case I’m referring to a long standing Webkit bug that had been filed concerning image elements which render an .svg...
View ArticleOne last time: custom styling radio buttons and checkboxes
About three years ago now (2017/2018), I published a collection of accessible styled form controls which included specific markup patterns to create custom styled radio buttons and checkboxes. These...
View ArticleUsing JavaScript to detect high contrast and dark modes
I was recently asked if there were ways to programmatically determine if users had Windows high contrast mode, or dark color schemes enabled at the OS level.The most straight forward way to do this is...
View ArticleRedundantly Redundant a11y Accessibility
Let’s take a look at the following markup snippet, shall we?<labelfor="name"> Name...
View ArticleSemantic <menu> context
Once upon a time, there was an element called <menu>. An element which had great aspirations. As an example, it wanted to allow developers to create interactive menus, much like those found in...
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