Naming text hyperlinks for accessibility purposes

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August 19, 2016
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Hello! I have a text caption, with a few words in that text acting as a hyperlink that hides that text caption. Is there any way to give that hyperlink a unique name so that the screen reader can read it properly? Currently, if I look at tab order list, that link's name is a string of digits, and i cannot find where I could rename it.

Thank you!

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mohanadas

Adobe Employee

Can you try adding Accessibility text for it and see? I hope I have understood your use case correctly. :)

Thanks,

Mohana

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anton9800Author

Inspiring

Thank you for replying! The link is part of a larger body of text (I selected several words and made them into a hyperlink). Adding accessibility text would add it to the whole block of text, not just the link, no?

I guess a safe workaround would be to not use hyperlinks and instead create an invisible button over the section of a text that I need, but I was wondering if there's a way to work directly with hyperlinks.

Thanks again!

mohanadas

Adobe Employee

Another workaround you could try is separating the hyperlinked text into an individual text caption.

Thanks,

Mohana

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anton9800Author

Inspiring

Thank you! As far as click boxes - from what I understand those are not selectable using keyboard (by pressing TAB), and invisible buttons should be used instead. Am I correct in this, or am I not using click boxes correctly?

Lilybiri

Legend

AFAIK it is not possible to name hyperlinks. Maybe you have to use a click box instead, which can be named? The result will be the same for the user.

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