Which accessibilty checkpoint requires you to have a title attribute on every hyperlink?
The nearest I can find is checkpoint 13.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-meaningful-links 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. [Priority 2] Link text should be meaningful enough to make sense when read out of context -- either on its own or as part of a sequence of links. Link text should also be terse. For example, in HTML, write "Information about version 4.3" instead of "click here". In addition to clear link text, content developers may further clarify the target of a link with an informative link title (e.g., in HTML, the "title" attribute). 'may' does not mean 'must' ;-) On Sep 12, 3:10 am, AussieFreelancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can see your point about repeating it twice, I don't understand how > different accessibility applications work, but I know that it is part > of the WAI and Section 508 accessibility standards that all href > elements should have the title attribute, and all images should have > an alt tag, even if it is empty. This is what has made me think of > this, as I am a website developer, and to pass these accessibility > tests, I need to include the "title" in every link - which is not too > much of a problem, just that I figure having it as a default would > reduce the amount of code I need to write :D > > Also, most links will have the same title text as the link text > anyway, wouldn't they? Certainly with navigation, Home is Home, About > Us is About us... As I say, I don't understand how the applications > work exactly, I just want to be able to do what I can to ensure that > my websites are accessible to as many people as possible. > > Thanks > > Patrick > > On Sep 12, 9:52 am, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can override cakephp's defualt functionality in your AppHelper if > > you want to do this. > > > I don't think it should be the standard, as there are situations where > > you might not want this. Additionally, why do you need to repeat the > > link text in the link title? Won't this effectively cause the > > screenreader to speak the link text twice? > > > Cheers, > > Adam > > > On Sep 12, 11:38 am, AussieFreelancer > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have just done a quick google search, and can't seem to see anything > > > about this, but I have been thinking for some time now, that for > > > accessibility reasons, wouldn't it make sense for the links to have a > > > default title, and even images have an empty alt tag by default? The > > > link title could default to the link text, unless a title was > > > specified in the options. > > > > Any thoughts on this, or reasons as to why cakephp doesn't currently > > > work like this? > > > > Thanks > > > > Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
