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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 16th of August 2015

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. LjWatson
    12:51
    If anyone is online, could you do me a favour... post two messages - one just a random message, and the other including my IRC nick? Thanks.
  2. zakim-robot
    12:51
    [Katy Moe, a11y] here’s a message
  3. zakim-robot
    12:51
    [Katy Moe, a11y] here’s another message including LjWatson
  4. LjWatson
    12:52
    Thanks @Katy testing a solution for configuring Chatzilla to use custom sound files for notifications. Seems like it works too :)
  5. zakim-robot
    12:52
    [Katy Moe, a11y] Awesome!
  6. zakim-robot
    17:18
    [jitendra, a11y] Started reading accessibility handbook written by Katie Cunningham
  7. zakim-robot
    17:49
    [jitendra, a11y] Hi What are your favorite jQuery plugins which are accessible too?
  8. zakim-robot
    17:51
    [jitendra, a11y] I will use this calendar plugin in next job. it looks nice and developer it’s accessible , ARIA compatible too http://amsul.ca/pickadate.js/
  9. zakim-robot
    17:52
    [Karl Groves, a11y] jitendra that’s a pretty broad question. :wink: Many of the popular ones can be made accessible with a little work. For instance, the ever popular tablesorter plugin needs some improvement but it is easy enough to add the necessary accessibility features
  10. zakim-robot
    17:53
    [jitendra, a11y] Yeah though I’m asking those ones which people have already used.
  11. zakim-robot
    19:45
    [Rob Dodson, a11y] anyone around who wouldn't mind taking a look at this aria-activedescendant example? I feel like I've followed the spec but not hearing anything out of VO when the attribute is changed http://jsbin.com/vufozab/2/edit?html,output
  12. zakim-robot
    20:01
    [jitendra, a11y] I’m collecting useful libraries here . please send me ur favorite and tested libraries and examples http://a11ytools.net/
  13. zakim-robot
    21:30
    [dylanb, a11y] @robdodson: I am not sure I see what you are trying to do with that example. Can you explain it?
  14. zakim-robot
    21:32
    [Rob Dodson, a11y] @dylanb: sure, when focus move into the todo-item i'm trying to manage activedescendant using the pattern outlined in the spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#kbd_general_within Pushing the right arrow key updates the current activedescandant id on the todo-item
  15. zakim-robot
    21:39
    [dylanb, a11y] @robdodson: first you need a role on the focussed element that supports aria-activedescendent, second, you need to disable the native tab focusability of the internal widgets, third you need to add the keyboard handlers to replace the standard keyboard functionality of the internal components
  16. zakim-robot
    21:41
    [dylanb, a11y] fourth you will need to provide a style that replaces the native focus style of the browser
  17. zakim-robot
    21:43
    [dylanb, a11y] If I were you, I would not even attempt what you are trying to do, just leave the native keyboard and focus functionality
  18. zakim-robot
    21:44
    [Rob Dodson, a11y] @dylanb: this is just so I can learn how aria-activedescendant works :simple_smile:
  19. zakim-robot
    21:46
    [Rob Dodson, a11y] thanks for all the above points, right now I'm just trying to get VO to a point where it announces a change when aria-activedescendant moves, maybe the missing role is why it wasn't doing that before
  20. zakim-robot
    22:46
    [dsturley, a11y] @robdodson: without the appropriate role, keydown events are often intercepted by the AT
  21. zakim-robot
    22:46
    [dsturley, a11y] if you put a console.log in there i bet its not even firing
  22. zakim-robot
    23:25
    [dylanb, a11y] @robdodson: this http://unobfuscated.blogspot.com/2013/05/event-handlers-and-screen-readers.html will give some insight into what @dsturley is talking about