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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Depends on the browser and what they want you to follow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Leswis Wood via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 15, 2023 9:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Lewis Wood <lewislwood@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Anyone Know Why JAWS Does Not Just Ignore ARIA Attributes That Are Not Supported<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sounds interesting, but if you develop on a non-standard quirk… Won’t that break at a later date?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lewis Wood<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:lewislwood@gmail.com">lewislwood@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy B. via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 15, 2023 6:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:sonfire11@gmail.com">sonfire11@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Anyone Know Why JAWS Does Not Just Ignore ARIA Attributes That Are Not Supported<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can create a link with the aria-expanded attribute and create a expandable/collapsible section of links, with a link itself. Sounds strange, but it is entirely possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 15, 2023 1:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Nicole Torcolini <<a href="mailto:torcolini@comcast.net">torcolini@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBCS] Anyone Know Why JAWS Does Not Just Ignore ARIA Attributes That Are Not Supported<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> I noticed something strange today when I was on a website. All of the links in a particular area seemed to be expanded. Upon further investigation, it turned out that the web developers had put aria-expanded on the containing div—no ARIA role on the div—and, rather than just ignoring the misplaced aria-expanded, JAWS was applying to the links inside of the div. I checked both Firefox and NVDA—the developer tools do not show the links as having aria-expanded in the accessibility tree, and NVDA does not announce it—so a JAWS idiosyncrasy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Nicole<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>