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We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility.

The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".

This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.

Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "Executive Actions" and there's an image focused on his hands signing paper. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML. Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "News" and there's an image of him speaking. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML. Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "Donald J Trump" and there's an image of him. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML.
January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM