The text discusses the popover attribute, its purpose, and its limitations. It explains the history of the attribute, its behaviors, and the effort required to make popovers accessible. The author also mentions the need for additi...
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0Paragraphs | scottohara.me
2024-08-29 •
The blog post discusses the concept of paragraphs in HTML, highlighting that there is a more general concept of paragraphs beyond the p element. It also delves into the use of div elements for styling and the role of ARIA in defin...
The blog post discusses the topic of creating an accessible spoiler component, emphasizing the need for a semantic container element, non-pointer device accessibility, and actual hiding of the spoiler content. The author also prov...
0popover accessibility | scottohara.me
2024-03-22 •
The article discusses the default accessibility properties of the popover attribute, co-authored by the author and Hidde de Vries. It covers the creation of the popover attribute and API, as well as the author's struggle to collec...
0The search element | scottohara.me
2023-03-24 •
The HTML specification added a new grouping content element, the search element, to create feature parity between ARIA and HTML. The element allows for quick access to search content for people using assistive technology. It is no...
The blog post discusses the use of visually hidden content in web development to improve accessibility. It covers various scenarios where visually hidden content is used, such as skip to main content links, styling form controls, ...
0Having an AI dialog | scottohara.me
2023-02-17 •
The blog post discusses the use of AI to answer web accessibility questions, specifically focusing on web dialogs. The author shares the responses from ChatGPT to questions about creating an accessible web dialog, and provides a b...
The blog post discusses the limitations of using ChatGPT for web accessibility questions, highlighting the need for human nuance and understanding. It points out the inaccuracies and gaps in the AI's responses, particularly in the...
0Use the dialog element (reasonably) | scottohara.me
2023-01-26 •
The HTML specification has made an important change to the dialog element, resolving a multi-year discussion on how the dialog element should handle initial focus. The changes include making the dialog focusing steps look at seque...
The blog post discusses the challenges of responsive accessibility using visibility hidden in web design. It explores the limitations of CSS media queries and HTML elements, and proposes a solution using CSS and visibility propert...
The blog post discusses the <details> and <summary> elements in HTML, their usage, and quirks. It covers topics such as the purpose of these elements, their accessibility, styling, and potential issues with nested interactive elem...