Questions tagged [accessibility]
Accessibility seeks to make an application or website usable by everyone, including people with disabilities such as visual, auditory, ambulatory, or cognitive impairment. *This tag should NOT be used for:* programming that requires "accessing" a process in multiple threads, a object in a class, a resource on a network, etc. or responsive design, which deals with serving content to a wide range of devices, unless there are also accessibility concerns.
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How can you program if you're blind?
Sight is one of the senses most programmers take for granted. Most programmers would spend hours looking at a computer monitor (especially during times when they are in the zone), but I know there are ...
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What is aria-label and how should I use it?
A few hours ago I read about the aria-label attribute, which:
Defines a string value that labels the current element.
But in my opinion this is what the title attribute was supposed to do. I ...
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input type="submit" Vs button tag are they interchangeable? [duplicate]
input type="submit" and button tag are they interchangeable? or if there is any difference then When to use input type="submit" and when button ?
And if there is no difference then why we have 2 tags ...
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'Missing contentDescription attribute on image' in XML
I get an warning about [Accessibility]Missing contentDescription attribute on image in eclipse. This warning show at line 5 (declare ImageView) in XML code below.
This not make any error when build ...
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How to allow keyboard focus of links in Firefox?
Go to this ultra-simple fiddle in a Webkit browser and click on on of the inputs:
http://jsfiddle.net/eK4TT/
<input type="text">
<input type="text">
<input type="text">
<a href="...
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Simulating tremor (from e.g. Parkinson's Disease) with the mouse on a webpage?
I'm working for a foundation that raises awareness for accessibility in the internet. For a presentation, we want to offer a small workshop that simulates different disabilities/impairments to people. ...
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Can someone explain the HTML5 aria-* attribute?
I wanted to know what the aria-* attributes are used for. What values can they have, and are they defined values or can I create my own values?
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Default html form focus without JavaScript
Is it possible to set the default input focus on an HTML form without using JavaScript, for example:
<html>
<form>
Input 1: <input type="text" name="textbox1"/>
<br/>...
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Google Chrome accessible tree cache issue with UI Automation
Google Chrome does not refresh accessibility elements (AutomationElement) when a user scrolls down in the browser.
To reproduce it:
Enable renderer accessibility with : "chrome --force-render-...
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HTML img tag: title attribute vs. alt attribute?
I was browsing Amazon and I noticed that when searching "1TB" if you hover the mouse cursor over the stars rating image, you only see the score if using IE. If you are using another browser then the ...
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Accessibility: recommended alt-text convention for SVG and MathML?
Overview
HTML5 now allows <svg> and <math> markup with an HTML document without depending on external namespaces (decent overview here). Both have their own alt-attribute analogs (see ...
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Safari ignoring tabindex
I have 2 buttons next to a textbox and another textbox after the 2 buttons. The tabindex for the first textbox is 1000, the first button is 1001 and the second button is 1002. The second textbox has ...
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How can I add new line/linebreak character in title attribute in HTML [duplicate]
I am using this
<a href="#" title="select from 1: this 2: that" > Click here </a>
When someone hover over it I see all the text in one line.
Is there any way to show it on new line?
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The purpose of using "aria-labelledby" on already labeled input elements?
Many ARIA demonstration websites use code such as:
<label for="name" id="label-name">Your Name</label>
<input id="name" aria-labelledby="label-name" type="text">
But what's the ...
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Can I dynamically set tabindex in JavaScript?
Is there any attribute like tab-index?
CONTEXT : I'm making a section in a web form visible or invisible depending on some condition where I want to set the tab-index manually when that particular ...
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