Gitter Channel Archive 25th of August 2017
Gitter Channel Archive 25th of August 2017
What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
<video> elements as toolbars. This role makes sense for the controls, as they are collection of commonly used function buttons or controls, but not for the canvas itself. Would overriding this as presentation when the controls are not present be appropriate?
[serendavies] Thank you, so a friend is asking me for help and I don't really know the answer so hoping someone here does.
She has this markup
<div> <dt></dt> <dd></dd> </div> <div> <dt></dt> <dd></dd> </div> </dl>
aXe is telling her the div can’t be there, but there’s no element that can be used to wrap dt and dd and they need to be wrapped… so she is wondering what the best thing to do is and could she replace the div with a dd and just have <dd><dt></dt><dd></dd></dd>
<dt> and <dd> should be child elements of <dl>.
I have a question about toggling a play/pause button. From Toggle Buttons, Inclusive Components:
Never change label and state at the same time.
And one of the example’s given is a play/pause button. I think it recommends just changing the label. However, this caveat is mentioned:
The problem with this method is that the label change is not announced as it happens.
So, is that a poison I should just live with, or is there something I should do to announce the change?
[elliottregan]
*My Question:* How detailed should instructional text be to helpful? I’m trying to find the balance between having the full instructions visible for users who need it, while not overwhelming users with a whole bunch of text (especially on small screens). This is also a screen that users will see every day, and instructions will quickly become unnecessary (and distracting) for a large majority of users.
Do you have any good examples of helpful instructional text that doesn’t feel overwhelming on mobile devices? I’m trying to avoid using screen-reader-only text when I can.