[WG: Accessibility] Question about buttons

[Phil Kragnes]

<a> and <a name="somename"> are not reported as links by JAWS.  Only <a
href="#somename"> is reported as a link.

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[mailto:accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Michael
S Elledge
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:23 AM
To: Eli Cochran
Cc: accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org WG
Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] Question about buttons

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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