radialpaints / google-axs-chrome

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/google-axs-chrome
0 stars 0 forks source link

Anchors which contain spans for off screen descriptive text prevent full processing of the anchor element. #88

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
What steps will reproduce the problem?

Anchors with expansive off screen text (added via spans) are ignored

Example HTML:

<a href="#"> <span class="hidden">Slide </span>3<span class="hidden"> of 
4</span></a>

Spoken output:
"Slide" *pause* "Internal link"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Spoken output expected:
"Slide 3 of 4" *pause* "internal link"

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Vox - 1.23.0, Chrome - Version 23.0.1271.97, Windows 7

Please provide any additional information below.

The HTML example provided is part of an accessible carousel component we have 
added for a site we are building.  ChromeVox appears to be only reading what is 
contained within the first span element, then ignoring the rest of its parent 
anchor element.  

We are using the spans to provide a more expansive description (context) of the 
carousel link number to screen readers, and positioning it off screen so as not 
to impact the visual design.  It seems ChromeVox, gets confused when we use an 
element within the anchor element.

I realise there is ARIA alternative such as aria-describedby, but these are 
sadly not an option for our clients as browser support is lacking for them.

Ping me back if you need further details, or assistance in testing the fix.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by darren.m...@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2012 at 5:14