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Screen readers ignoring them is a problem when it is UI the user needs to interact with. How does the use know that U+E9AF is the Edit icon they are looking for
by WorldMaker 5y ago
Screen readers ignoring them is a problem when it is UI the user needs to interact with. How does the use know that U+E9AF is the Edit icon they are looking for versus say maybe U+E9AE is the Delete icon?
- fuzzy2 5y agoThey don't. That's is why icon-only items (links, buttons, …) must always be explicitly annotated, using aria- attributes. You can do this with any icon technology. You wouldn't annotate the icon itself.