Gitter Channel Archive 1st of June 2017

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke

Jonathan Neal

@jonathantneal
Jun 01 01:14

@cmegown, every time someone references <h> an angel gets its wings.
Martin Držka

@martindrzka_twitter
Jun 01 07:59

Can anybody test please if those checkbox hints are accessible? https://s.codepen.io/martindrzka/debug/7125aa886e5cd71eac48a014e92ebbe3 Seems it works well on Safari + Voiceover but I can't test other combos (Jaws/NVDA)…
Martin Držka

@martindrzka_twitter
Jun 01 08:06

Hmm the hint is announced only after the interaction... any ideas? I've also tried change of aria-describedby value to hints but without result…
Martin Držka

@martindrzka_twitter
Jun 01 08:22

But combination Live region with aria-describedby could be solution, it works fine in Safari/VO... can anybody test pls https://s.codepen.io/martindrzka/debug/3e585592287ec2dbe21c8456a1ed66fe ?
zakim-robot

@zakim-robot
Jun 01 16:04

[mattbartist] anyone else heard this about Windows-Eyes ending? http://www.gwmicro.com/window-eyes/migrate/
zakim-robot

@zakim-robot
Jun 01 19:01

[spell] Hey all, what is the general best practice around using <fieldset>? I have always thought that if you are using more that one group and each group is distinctly different from one another, then that would warrant use of <fieldset>. But if I had, for example, a singular search form with two text boxes and drop down (keyword, location, radius), then I would not need to use <fieldset>, right?
Fiona Holder

@FionaHolder
Jun 01 19:06

I tend to use a fieldset for things like a series of radio buttons or checkboxes that are related. Not for general groupings of regular fields
zakim-robot

@zakim-robot
Jun 01 20:07

[spell] Another question! Gosh I'm on fire today (pun intended because I'm American), required aria-required="true" - are both needed on a text input these days?
zakim-robot

@zakim-robot
Jun 01 20:24

[chucklorenz] #a11ychi