Screen reader not reading this div:
<div tabindex="7" aria-label="Here be redundant or extraneous content" >
It should read "Here be redundant or extraneous content"
Any help how to solve this problem with HTML?
Screen reader not reading this div:
<div tabindex="7" aria-label="Here be redundant or extraneous content" >
It should read "Here be redundant or extraneous content"
Any help how to solve this problem with HTML?
A div
is neither landmark nor interactive content. An aria-label
will not be read by a screen reader (and rightly so).
Use an off-screen technique:
<div class="sr-only">
Here be redundant or extraneous content
</div>
The CSS might look like this (accounting for RTL languages too):
.SRonly {
position: absolute !important;
clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); /* IE6, IE7 */
clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
top: auto;
left: -9999px;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
}
html[dir=rtl] .SRonly {
left: inherit;
left: unset;
right: -9999px;
}
There are other techniques, but their value depends on your audience and its technology profile.
Further, never use a positive tabindex
value. And never use a div
as interactive content (which the tab-stop implies is your intent).
In the future, your question might get more attention if you provide an example and description of the challenge you are trying to solve.