[WG: Accessibility] Question about buttons
Michael S Elledge
elledge at msu.edu
Thu Jan 28 09:23:20 PST 2010
Hi Eli--
Two thoughts:
1) I'm not sure pre-JAWS 10 screen readers will recognize the "button"
tag and
2) "<a>" is described as a link by JAWS.
I don't know if there is a method to override what JAWS says. Also don't
know if this behavior is similar for NVDA or other non-JAWS readers.
Mike
Eli Cochran wrote:
> Can anyone tell me whether there are any profound differences between
> using a <a>, <input>, or <button> tag for button-y things for
> accessibility?
>
> Thanks,
> Eli
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> Eli Cochran
> user interaction developer
> ETS, UC Berkeley
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