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| author | Clement Ho <clemmakesapps@gmail.com> | 2018-05-11 17:37:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Clement Ho <clemmakesapps@gmail.com> | 2018-05-11 17:37:47 +0000 |
| commit | 4ee85efd1918eb33c07147772ec87b6a12d84a5a (patch) | |
| tree | 54499c3bbff6d6c167fdbed6d33faddbd19fc334 | |
| parent | a78be13d8e23eaaca7037a5e1e589ce655f9e907 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-docs-fe-accessibility.tar.gz | |
Use aria as a secondary methoddocs-fe-accessibility
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diff --git a/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/accessibility.md b/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/accessibility.md index a5dc6894850..2a3a126ca5c 100644 --- a/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/accessibility.md +++ b/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/accessibility.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Using semantic HTML plays a key role when it comes to accessibility. ## Accessible Rich Internet Applications - ARIA -WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. +WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. + +> Note: It is [recommended][using-aria] to use semantic elements as the primary method to achieve accessibility rather than adding aria attributes. Adding aria attributes should be seen as a secondary method for creating accessible elements. ### Role The `role` attribute describes the role the element plays in the context of the document. @@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ In forms we should use the `for` attribute in the label statement: - [Audit Rules Page][audit-rules] for best practices - [Lighthouse Accessibility Score][lighthouse] for accessibility audits +[using-aria]: https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#notes2 [dev-tools]: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/accessibility-developer-tools [audit-rules]: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/accessibility-developer-tools/wiki/Audit-Rules [aria-w3c]: https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/ |