Naming text hyperlinks for accessibility purposes

[anton9800]

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!

[Lilybiri]

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.

[anton9800]

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?

[mohanadas]

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

Thanks,

Mohana

[anton9800]

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]

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

Thanks,

Mohana

[Lilybiri]

Hi Mohana,

The OP didn't specify exactly what the hyperlink was meant to do. One of its advantages is that it can trigger several commands, while being part of a global text. A feature that is missed by many users, if you hear the reactions to my latest blog posts about using hyperlinks for their 'events'. If you put them in a separate text container you lose that advantage.