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Accessibility settings for grouped items
This may have already been discussed, if so forgive me. Many tools I use, if I group a set of items together and apply accessibility settings to the group, any child elements that are grouped will e...
Just keeping the conversation going on this...
One sample use case for applying accessibility settings at the group level:
Inserted icons from the 360 content library are often grouped freeform objects (makes sense). Depending on the slide layout, I may have several of these inserted icons on a single slide...
My preference (and experience in other tools) would be to be able to select the inserted icon (group) and apply accessibility settings to the entire group of freeform objects, rather than be required to expand the group, select all items, apply accessibility settings AND still need to set the same accessibility settings at the group level as well.
Ah yes, the library items are a problem.
In my opinion, these are setup incorrectly and catch people out. I think the grouped elements, that in many instances users are likely to assume is a single element, do contain junk ALT text values on the individual elements.
I'm sure not many people are aware you should ungroup and then make each element decorative, before regrouping the element and then handle the ALT on the group.
I'm sure I have reported this as an accessibility issue in the past, as it does, inadvertently, set authors up to fail.
There is no good reason for the individual elements of freeform objects to have junk ALT text, and so rather than changing the behaviour of the ALT text on a group, I think Articulate should fix those library elements and remove the junk ALT from the grouped elements.
I'm sure not many people are aware you should ungroup and then make each element decorative, before regrouping the element and then handle the ALT on the group.
... and, when this isn't done, especially with multiple such icons on a screen, the reading order is absolutely horrendous. Each freeform object is listed individually...
