'Adding WAI-ARIA attributes with JS
At work I have been optimizing one of the sites I have helped developed for one of our clients (I can't say who) for be ADA compliant using WAI-ARIA attributes. I've been wondering if it wouldn't just be easier to create a small JS library that does things like add "role=button" to anchors I've styled to look like a button, add "tabindex=0" to elements I want to be "tabable" etc.
I was wondering if it is a good practice to add in WAI-ARIA attributes with JS or is that frowned upon. Some accessibility evaluation tools won't run the page's JS when evaluating it so it will think these are pain points when they are really not.
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this may be helpful Add ARIA inline or via script? Also note that if you use role=button it needs to act like a button (i.e. provide appropriate keyboard interaction behaviour)
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| Solution | Source |
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| Solution 1 | Steve Faulkner |