The html structure looks like this
<div>
<a href="#"> some info
<div role="button" tabindex ="0"
aria-label = "close"
/>
</a>
</div>
When using screen reader the a tag get read "some info close" and then on focus on button it again read "close". All I want a tag to read is "some info" and button to read "close". What change should I make? I cannot change the HTML structure.
jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/5c1oywzg/1/
You can't have a focusable element inside another focusable element.
What change should I make? I cannot change the HTML structure.
Being given an HTML code, it's difficult to make a change without changing the code.
you're using a a[href] link for what seems to be a button
you have to separate the focusable elements
If you could have changed the HTML structure, this would be a better code:
<div>
<button> some info</button>
<button aria-label="close" />
</div>
Unfortunately, we can't change anything if you can't change the HTML structure as your structure is by nature malformed.
We can still use some hacks (using javascript for instance) like adding role=description and tabindex=-1 to the a[href] element and replace "some info" with an html button, but that would be against the second rule of ARIA :
Do not change native semantics, unless you really have to.
1.) The fiddle is different from the code you posted above. For my answer I used the fiddle code (and added a missing " for the href attribute...)
2.) The button is part of the link, so its content is read as part of the link. Do you really want the (same) link to work both when the button is clicked AND when "some info" is clicked. Looks like "some info" is supposed to be a label/comment for the link?
depending on what you want, I would either close the a tag before the button or only wrap the button into the a tag, labeling it wth the full text and hiding the text before that with aria-hidden = "true":
<div>
<a href="#">
some info
</a>
<button aria-label = "close">close</button>
</div>
OR
<div>
<span aria-hidden="true">some info</span>
<a href="#">
<button aria-label = "some info, close">close</button>
</a>
</div>
If you can only add attributes and not change the HTML structure at all you could do this:
<div>
<a href="#" tabindex="-1">
<div tabindex="0">some info</div>
<button>
close
</button>
</a>
</div>
Setting tabindex to -1 removes an element from the tab order while setting it to 0 adds an item. Generally on other values should be used. More info here.
Removing the a tag from the tab order and adding the div in instead will make the keyboard skip over the a tag and focus on both the div and button tags separately.
🎻 Fiddle
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Was wondering why when I clicked my button in html it wasn't responding later found out that it will only respond and redirect when I clicked the wording inside "Get Started" was wondering why. This is the code I'm using
<div class="main">
<div class="main__container">
<div class="main__content">
<h1>RAID 2 EARN</h1>
<h2>TECHNOLOGY</h2>
<p>We make it easy!</p>
<button class="main__btn">Get Started</button>
</div>
<div class="imgmain">
<img id="main__img" src="/IMGS/picture1.svg"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
It is because you're actually clicking the anchor tag inside of the button and the button click doesn't have any actions associated with it. The size of the hyperlink is always only the size of its content. You should change your CSS to style your hyperlink to look like a button. Typically, you can do something like this:
<a class="main__btn" href="raid2earn.html">Get Started</a>
This way you're HTML spec compliant and your hyperlink is styled to look like a button but you're using default browser patterns to complete your action.
Your anchor tag is enclosing only the 'Get Started' text instead of the button. This way, only the text becomes a link
Actually, every html element has a job.
<a> for connecting to outer files
<button> for the inside actions
And you can style everyone as you want.
But:
if you still need to use the button and put the a inside and need to be able to click the button and do the action of the a, there are many many ways, some in html, some in css, and others in javascript.
In html, the easiest solution to your issue is to flip the elements, and make the a outside the button like that:
<a href="#">
<button>Click the button now</button>
</a>
This one is just the easiest.
And there are many others in html and css and javascript.
But again, you must use every element in its own purpose.
Sure you are putting a link tag inside a button because you want a button look and feel. just style your a element the way you want your button to look like as suggested above.
Cheers
I have used <a> tag inside <div> which is not working in IE
my code structure is like :
<div>
<a target="_top" href="address">
<button>
</button>
</a>
</div>
So It is working fine in all browsers except IE.
When I click on button it is not redirected to specified url from tag.
What you are doing is not recommended - don't wrap a button in a link. Style your link like a button or use an onclick:
<button onclick="window.open(href);">
</button>
(Addendum: Just for accessibility, don't use target on your links since it messes with people who use screen readers. Only apply a target after page load when there is javascript available. Also, people like to control where their new page opens - it's not something you should try to dictate too much.)
button tag is only allowed within a <form> tag. Since there is no form, IE is ignoring this. Other browser have a more defensive "do what I mean" parser probably ...
You might do it like this:
<input type="button" onClick="document.location='address'; return false" value="click me" />
I basically want an image as a button, for example, see the 'recent inbox messages' thing at the top next to stack Exchange? I want to recreate that moreorless but with my own image.. How would I go about doing this, I've tried:
<button type="button" name="test">
<img src="C:/Trey/rs-logo.jpeg">
</form>
but that didn't work, could anyone help (sorry if I worded all of this badly, English [though my native language] isn't a strong point!
-Trey
You can make an image button with something like this:
<a href="#">
<img src="yourImage.png">
</a>
This creates an image element with an anchor surrounding it, so for all intents and purposes, it's an "image button." You will have to style it to your liking.
UPDATE
Your code will also work if you change it to
<button>
<img src="yourImage.png">
</button>
You have to close the button tag. This will create an ugly-looking button with an image in it, but you can use CSS to style it to your liking.
you are opening a button and closing a form which is not even opend yet
you should use in first place. how ever using an image as a button is not the best idea i guess
<button type="button" name="test">
<img src="C:/Trey/rs-logo.jpeg"/>
</button>
made you a quick fiddle to check it out: http://jsfiddle.net/T2JRt/1/
I am using anchor tag for linking my welcome page to my main page. It is working on chrome but not in mozilla.
Code:
<div id="wel1"><h1>WELCOME TO ASSESMENT ENGINE</h1></div>
<div id="wel2">
<div id="wel3"><p id="wel4">Instruction:</p><br>
<p id="lang">Total number of questions : 5.<br><br>
Time alloted : 3 minutes.<br><br>
Each question carry 10 mark, no negative marks.</p>
</div>
<div id="wel5">
<p id="wel4">
Note:</p><br>
<p >
<ul>
<li><p>Click the 'Submit Test' button given in the bottom of this page to Submit your answers.</p></li>
<li><p>Test will be submitted automatically if the time expired.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't refresh the page.</p></li>
</ul>
</p>
</div>
<button id="bu">START THE TEST</buttton>
</div>
In this image START THE TEST button working on chrome perfectly but not on mozilla.
You have invalid close tag </buttton>
Try:-
<button id="bu">START THE TEST</button>
Demo
Although the code works if the end tag spelling error is corrected, it is illogical and forbidden in HTML5 to nest interactive elements: the a element must not have interactive content like a button element. A click on such an element could activate the outer element, or the inner element, or both. Although this might not matter in this specific case, it’s still not recommended.
Instead, you can use an image of a button an make it a link:
<img src="start.png" alt="START THE TEST" border="0">
or use a minimal form (submitting a form is different from following a link, but the differences often don’t matter, or could be an improvement):
<form action="as.html"><button type="submit">START THE TEST</button></form>
Spell mistake in the Closing button tag, Use </button> instead </buttton>
I have checkbox insde a link. In all browsers except Chrome, when clicking on the checkbox you follow the link (instead of just having the checkbox become selected).
How do I avoid this behaviour?
Demo (hover over one of the product images to see the checkbox):
http://livedemo07571.prestatrend.com/category.php?id_category=9
And here’s the code in question:
<a href="http://livedemo07571.prestatrend.com/product.php?id_product=25" class="product_img_link">
<img src="http://livedemo07571.prestatrend.com/img/p/25-65-large.jpg" height="469" width="469" alt="Crew Neck Jumper" />
<span class="new">New</span>
<div class="right_block large">
<h3 class="large">Crew Neck Jumper</h3>
<span class="product_arrow"></span>
<p class="availability_container"><span class="availability">Available</span></p>
<span class="slash">/</span>
<p class="price_container"><span class="price" style="display: inline;">$2,390.00</span></p>
<p class="compare large"><input type="checkbox" class="comparator" id="comparator_item_25" value="comparator_item_25" /> <label for="comparator_item_25">Select to compare</label></p>
</div>
</a>
This isn't valid HTML (see report). The way to avoid this is, quite simply, to include only text or images inside an anchor tag, and move the checkbox outside. You could use some jQuery to add a click event to the box which would navigate to the next page.
If you want for-sure don't want to move it outside the <a> then you'd have to have an onclick="return false;" and add a listener with jQuery that toggles it when its clicked. I'm not sure if this would work in all browsers, and your best option is just to do it a standards friendly way.
I think this happen because you have the Div (block element) is inside the A (inline element) tag and by default the event will bubble up soon as you click the checkbox.
Even if HTML 5 has made the exception for the A tag and now allow a block element to be nested within that inline element. To get that working the same accross all browser you'll have to wait they all support the html 5 features
1) try with a different doctype
2) build the div outside the A has the link is not required to be executed