Weekly A11y Tools meeting notes - 11/06/25

Created on 12 June 2025, 11 days ago

Meeting notes

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Discussed having an alternate meeting time to accommodate other time zones, perhaps once a month, as they haven't been well attended in the past.

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Discussed - πŸ› Required file fields are not programmatically identified for assistive technology. Active

Some notes:
https://adamsilver.io/blog/how-to-highlight-required-and-optional-form-f...
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/required-fields/
https://dequeuniversity.com/tips/identify-required-elements

At least need to add required="required"

Haydon Pickerng suggests:

<label for="email">Your email address <strong class="red" aria-hidden="true">*</strong></label>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" aria-required="true">

Discussed the use of the asterisk, its ambiguity vs. accepted design pattern (ultimately based on no testing)
The use of the word required / optional, depending on which adds more clutter.

Determined to add to the agenda of the Open Office Hours a11y Meeting next week to get more insight and opinions.

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