[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48609: aria-label on links

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#48609: aria-label on links
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 Reporter:  lorigregor       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Editor           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by afercia):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => maybelater
 * version:  5.2.4 =>
 * component:  TinyMCE => Editor
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 This ticket was discussed during today's accessibility bug-scrub. At the
 moment there are no plans to include a UI to edit an aria-label attribute
 for the links in the post content. Worth noting the `aria-label` attribute
 is already allowed in the post content, though it needs to be added
 manually.

 There are concerns in giving so much power to content creators because
 incorrect usage of the aria-label attribute may introduce more harms than
 goods. Various types of accessibility needs and assistive technologies
 need to be taken into account.

 For example: this would probably work with speech recognition software:
 `<a href="someURL.edu" aria-label="Read more about our MBA Program">Read
 More</a>`

 Instead, this would not work:
 `<a href="someURL.edu" aria-label="MBA admissions">Admissions</a>`

 Use of meaningful, visible, text should be encouraged as that's the most
 accessible option. For these reasons, there was consensus to not introduce
 such an UI, at least for now.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48609#comment:2>
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