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Accessible Rich Internet Applications, widely known as WAI ARIA or just ARIA is a W3C specification to build accessible next generation web technologies. Knowledge of ARIA and its usage is highly increased in modern websites and applications. However, many developers have limited knowledge on the right way of usage. This short article gives ARIA tips […]

Live Chat is the buzz word in the modern communication system. It may be a retail business that want to reach their customers or government department that want to solve its citizens problems. Any business or an organization that reaches the customers through phone and email goes a step further. The live chat is an […]

This accessibility webinar ‘Start the Digital Accessibility Tour’ is aimed to bring more tech enthusiasts into the space of digital accessibility. Digital accessibility should be included in everything we do. i.e the email we right, the design we create, the interaction we think or the screen / page we develop. Together let us start the […]

HTML5 accesskey attribute can be assigned to any focusable or actionable element on the page. The HTML5 accesskey attribute’s value is used by the user agent as a guide for creating a keyboard shortcut that activates or focuses the element. An accesskey helps users with motor disabilities in activating the element. It also helps the […]

Few months earlier, a set of like minded accessibility enthusiasts under the co-ordination of Dr Nirmita Narasimhan of Center for Internet and Society came together to formulate mobile accessibility practices to share with the Government of India. Government of India and various state governments are using mobile applications as a channel to communicate, provide services […]

The related elements in a form need to be grouped together. The technique of grouping related form elements allows users to understand the relationship of the controls and interact with the form more quickly and effectively. Grouping related form elements can be established by enclosing them within the fieldset element. All controls within a given […]

The success criterion 2.4.3 Focus Order is the source for the focus management in WCAG 2.0 standards. Though the basic concept of focus management is to preserve meaning and operability when the user navigates the web page sequentially using the tab key, the following situations are also need to be taken care for a successful […]

Tabindex is a HTML attribute that can set an order for focusable elements which allow keyboard focus for non focusable elements and remove focus for a focusable element. The value for a tabindex attribute can be any integer. This means the tabindex attribute can either be a negative, 0 or positive value. Tabindex=”0″ Providing tabindex=”0″ […]

In the earlier article Placeholder attribute and Why it is not accessible, I have discussed the accessibility problems in making placeholder as a label. Problems need to be solved, barriers need to be broken. In this article I will explain you two wonderful techniques CB Averitt proposed in making the placeholder attribute accessible. Following are […]

The placeholder attribute is newly introduced in HTML5. The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input. The hint can be a sample text or a format in which user can fill the field. <input type=”text” placeholder=”Placeholder text” /> The placeholder attribute must be used along with the input […]