Role group attribute for figure tag
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Hello,
WCAG recommend to use a “role” attribute with “group” value for “figure” tag. This is for assistive technologies that don’t recognize “figure” tag.
An “aria-labelledby” on the “figure” tag referring to the id of “figcaption” tag should also be added.Could these attributes be added to WordPress?
Example:
<figure role="group" aria-labelledby="fig11"> <img src="castle-etching.jpg" alt="The castle has one tower, and a tall wall around it."> <figcaption id="fig11">Charcoal on wood. Anonymous, circa 1423.</figcaption> </figure>Source: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/groups/#a-collection-of-images
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Hi,
The W3C’s example is also for images with a legend (figcaption). If you look at the code, you have a “figure” tag around some others “figure” tags. And those others “figure” tags also have the “role” and “aria-labelledby” attributes.
So, one image with a legend should also have these attributes. In WordPress, we already have the right tags “figure” and “figcaption”. It just lacks a little piece of code 🙂
Edit:
If we see here : https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/, “aria-labelledby” is not necessary. So, we need only the “role” attribute (easier!).
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