[WG: Accessibility] Question about buttons

[Eli Cochran]

Phil,
Thanks! This is all very useful information. 

- Eli 

On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Phil Kragnes wrote:

> <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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> -----Original Message-----
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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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Eli Cochran
user interaction developer
ETS, UC Berkeley