Re: Nu-HTML warning - Aria-label with horizontal rule?

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Thank you.

I have applied a filter for this warning to our script.

Joseph

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:10 PM Michael[tm] Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Joseph Polizzotto MA <[email protected]>, 2020-05-30 20:23 -0700:
> > Archived-At: <
> https://www.w3.org/mid/CAGQNLEUYogWG606h25OOHSb+for0BpEdm9jEdoy3F6bvuBo_f=
[email protected]
> >
> > ...
> > While using the aria-label within <hr /> is probably not a very common
> use
> > case, it makes sense for the students for whom we are creating
> alternative
> > formats. Since some AT support that usage (our students primarily use
> JAWS)
> > is there another reason why the Nu-HTML checker should flag it as a
> warning?
>
> The sole reason the checker is flagging an hr with aria-label as a warnin=
g
> is that the guides I cited in my previous message don=E2=80=99t recommend=
 using
> aria-label with hr. If those guides were to change that recommendation,
> then I would change the checker behavior.
>
> But note that the message is a warning, not an error. So it=E2=80=99s not=
 saying
> that using aria-label with hr is non-conforming to the specs and that you
> must not use it. Instead it=E2=80=99s effectively saying that you should =
not use it
> unless you=E2=80=99re aware of the user effects.
>
> If you=E2=80=99d like to persistently ignore that warning (or any other m=
essage
> from
> the checker),
> https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Message-filtering
> describes the options available for doing that.
>
>   =E2=80=93Mike
>
> --
> Michael[tm] Smith https://people.w3.org/mike
>
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<div><div dir=3D"auto">Thank you.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"auto">I have applied a filter for this warning to our script.</di=
v><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Joseph</div></div><div><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Ma=
y 30, 2020 at 11:10 PM Michael[tm] Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid=
;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Joseph Polizzotto MA =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">jpolizzot=
[email protected]</a>&gt;, 2020-05-30 20:23 -0700:<br>
&gt; Archived-At: &lt;<a href=3D"https://www.w3.org/mid/CAGQNLEUYogWG606h25=
[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">https://www.w3.org/mid/CAGQNLEUYogWG606h25OOHSb+for0BpEdm9jEdoy=
[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; ...<br>
&gt; While using the aria-label within &lt;hr /&gt; is probably not a very =
common use<br>
&gt; case, it makes sense for the students for whom we are creating alterna=
tive<br>
&gt; formats. Since some AT support that usage (our students primarily use =
JAWS)<br>
&gt; is there another reason why the Nu-HTML checker should flag it as a wa=
rning?<br>
<br>
The sole reason the checker is flagging an hr with aria-label as a warning<=
br>
is that the guides I cited in my previous message don=E2=80=99t recommend u=
sing<br>
aria-label with hr. If those guides were to change that recommendation,<br>
then I would change the checker behavior.<br>
<br>
But note that the message is a warning, not an error. So it=E2=80=99s not s=
aying<br>
that using aria-label with hr is non-conforming to the specs and that you<b=
r>
must not use it. Instead it=E2=80=99s effectively saying that you should no=
t use it<br>
unless you=E2=80=99re aware of the user effects.<br>
<br>
If you=E2=80=99d like to persistently ignore that warning (or any other mes=
sage from<br>
the checker), <a href=3D"https://github.com/validator/validator/wiki/Messag=
e-filtering" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/valida=
tor/validator/wiki/Message-filtering</a><br>
describes the options available for doing that.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =E2=80=93Mike<br>
<br>
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