Top "Accessibility" questions

Accessibility seeks to make an application or website usable by everyone, including people with disabilities such as visual, auditory, ambulatory, or cognitive impairment.

Do I need role="button" on a <button>?

I've noticed in all of Bootstrap's examples using button elements, they include role="button" (and type="button"), such as: <…

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Tutorial/References for Microsoft's UI Automation

I recently implemented a program using the Microsoft Accessibility API, but have since been told that the new UI Automation …

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Set the accessibility attributes on UIBarButtonItem

I have several UIBarButtonItem objects in Interface Builder, and I cannot find any option to set the accessibility label or …

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How to handle JavaScript being disabled in AngularJS

AngularJS is dependent upon JavaScript being enabled. This means that if someone visits an application or website built in AngularJS …

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Using regular expressions to find img tags without an alt attribute

I am going through a large website (1600+ pages) to make it pass Priority 1 W3C WAI. As a result, things …

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Can I ignore some website element when navigating using the tab key?

As question really. I have an input box on my page that I would like to ignore when navigating using …

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tabindex -1 not working for child elements

I have a div tag with some content getting loaded inside it. The content inside can have buttons, anchor elements, …

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Is it possible to use javascript to detect if a screen reader is running on a users machine?

I want to detect whether a screen reader is running on a user's machine to avoid sound clashing with audio …

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How can I start the Accessibility Settings Page of my APP in Android?

I am developing an Android APP based on Accessibility feature. As it can't programmatically Enable/Disable Accessibility Service in Android(…

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Where to specifiy the language of Document in HTML 5 when my page has two languages?

This is HTML5 Skeleton <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <…

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