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Do tooltips need to be keyboard operable?

I have an interactive button with a tooltip that opens on mouse hover to give more information. All the tooltip information is in the button’s ARIA label, so why does the tooltip need to be openable on keyboard?

  • keyboard
  • tooltip

Are running headers in a PDF accessible?

My question is about a pdf. Should a running header be read by a screen reader? If it should be read, should the screen reader describe it as a running header? Or is reading it as is ok?  

  • PDF
  • running header

Is it an accessibility issue to hide content from mobile users?

My website has a form that disappears on small mobile screens to save space, but this is also causing it to disappear at large zoom sizes on desktops. Since I don't intend to have the form available to everyone anyway, is that really a Web...

  • mobile
  • reflow
  • wcag

How should list items be nested?

I am getting an automated scanner error that “<li> elements must be contained in a <ul> or <ol>”, but in my code the <li> elements are contained in <ul>. What’s going on?

  • accessibility tree
  • lists
  • scanner errors

Should I use currency symbols or acronyms?

Could you please advise which is better to use in product pricing - the currency symbol or the ISO standard acronym? For example $ or USD, £ or GBP, etc.

  • abbr
  • acronym
  • symbols