new @codingchaos blog post (after two years!): https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/activedescendant/

this rare kind of writing satisfies a craving that never goes away

#accessibility #a11y

Aria-activedescendant is not focus | Sarah Higley

Who, what, when, where, and why is aria-activedescendant. Or: two focus outlines in a trenchcoat approach you in a dark alley and offer you a combobox.

Sarah Higley

@mayank @codingchaos

> Also VoiceOver on Safari on macOS will ignore aria-activedescendant if you so much as look at it funny.

I feel this in my soul...

@mayank this is much higher praise than I deserve, thank you šŸ™ˆ.

I’m really glad you took the time to read it and enjoyed it!