presently the picture element allows for no roles or aria-* attributes, which generally makes sense because the picture element itself is not an accessible object. That said, there could be a situation where a picture that contains a decorative image needs to be hidden..... and for whatever reason the expected alt="" on the fallback image cannot be used, but aria-hidden=true on the picture element could. Upon testing this just now, seems like this would be a viable option as Chromium browsers, Firefox and Webkit all ignore the child <img> in this situation.
stevefaulkner
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2 years ago
presently the picture element allows for no roles or aria-* attributes, which generally makes sense because the picture element itself is not an accessible object. That said, there could be a situation where a picture that contains a decorative image needs to be hidden..... and for whatever reason the expected
alt=""on the fallback image cannot be used, butaria-hidden=trueon the picture element could. Upon testing this just now, seems like this would be a viable option as Chromium browsers, Firefox and Webkit all ignore the child<img>in this situation.