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What is palpable content?
A practical guide to understanding palpable content in HTML, including a simple three-gate checking method and examples of where palpable content and usability differ.
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What are form controls?
A practical definition of form controls, including which HTML elements count as form controls, which do not, and examples of each control type.
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Do screen readers actually read the screen?
A quick explanation of how browsers expose accessibility information to screen readers, and how changes ultimately become spoken announcements.
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Simple steps for declaring a dark mode colour scheme
Simple steps for setting up a dark mode colour scheme using color-scheme, prefers-color-scheme, light-dark() and theme-color.
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Dark mode checklist
A practical checklist for designing, developing and testing dark mode, including colour choices, contrast, images, CSS colour schemes, toggles and forced colours.
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Understanding readonly and aria-readonly
The readonly and aria-readonly attributes both communicate that a value cannot be changed, but only one of them changes behaviour.
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Understanding aria-controls
A plain-English explainer on aria-controls: what it does, when it is useful, and current support.
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Understanding aria-haspopup
A plain-English explainer on aria-haspopup: what it does and the seven values it can take.
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Understanding aria-current
A plain-English explainer on aria-current: what it does and the seven values it can take.
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Understanding aria-posinset and aria-setsize
A plain-English explainer on aria-posinset and aria-setsize: what they do, which roles support them, and when you actually need them.