[whatwg] [html5] r6895 - [ac] (0) Tweak hidden='''s definition a bit to be more consistent with likely us [...]

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Tue Jun 5 14:52:46 PDT 2012


On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> Could we add "video" to the list of aria-describedby elements that may
> link to hidden text?
> 
> i.e. change
> "..being referenced from the images that they describe"
> to
> "..being referenced from the images or videos that they describe" ?
> 
> IMO that would resolve several of the accessibility issues for the
> video element, including poster-alt.

The text in question is non-normative, so changing it wouldn't affect 
anything. What you describe is already conforming.

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