[fpc-pascal] Preview: New Website layout
Michael Van Canneyt
michael at freepascal.org
Fri Sep 4 09:30:41 CEST 2026
On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
> On 8/31/2026 9:56 PM, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
>> The site works well with a screen reader, that's good, but I don't
>> know what the up arrows in various places on the page are for.
>>
>> Also, the very first button on the very top of the page has no label,
>> and thus just shows up as button on a screen reader. Clicking said
>> button does nothing as far as I can tell, so might want to either add
>> a label, or remove it, depending on what it's used for.
Can you be more precise, please ?
There are 80 buttons on the page, as far as I can see, they all have aria-label.
>>
> These issues are still present on the latest version of the page. The
> button is there just before the link that says skip to content. The up
> arrows are fewer now, and appear to be next to headers for subsections,
> but don't really explain to a screen reader what they're for, is it to
> collapse the section? Is it to scroll up the page? Is it for some other use?
Up arrows indicate that what came before is a link to an external site.
This is common practice these days - see e.g. wikipedia.
I'll add aria-hidden="true" to them, so they're invisible for screen readers.
Michael.
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