- 01Setting Up (What You'll Need)
- 02Your First HTML
- 03Lists and Links
- 04Adding Color with CSS
- 05CSS Selectors and Classes
- 06Layout with Flexbox
- 07Trying Out Images and Tables
- 08Trying Out Form Controls
- 09Understanding the Box Model
- 10Intro to Responsive Design (Media Queries)
- 11CSS Variables (Custom Properties)
- 12Layout with CSS Grid
- 13Adding an Animation
- 14How to Write Comments
- 15Adding Interaction with Pseudo-Classes (:hover)
- 16CSS's :not() and Multi-Condition Selectors
- 17The Basics of Meta Tags and SEO
- 18The Basics of Accessibility (alt and aria-label)
- 19Trying Out data Attributes (data-*)
- 20CSS Transitions (Smooth Hover Changes)
- 21iframe (Embedding Another Page)
- 22position (Precisely Positioning an Element)
- 23z-index (Specifying Stacking Order)
- 24The Basics of localStorage (Saving Data in the Browser)
- 25The video and audio Tags (Embedding Media)
- 26Advanced Tables (colspan and rowspan)
- 27The Basics of CSS Specificity
- 28The Basics of SVG (Drawing Vector Images)
- 29Advanced Flexbox (Wrapping and Growing)
- 30Form Validation (required and pattern)
- 31Advanced CSS Grid (grid-template-areas)
- 32The details and summary Tags (Building a Collapsible Panel)
- 33CSS Counters (Automatic Numbering)
- 34Fluid Font Sizes with clamp()
- 35prefers-color-scheme (Dark Mode Support)
- 36Building a Slider with input type=range
- 37Fixing an Aspect Ratio with aspect-ratio
- 38Adjusting How an Image Displays with object-fit
- 39Rotating and Scaling with transform
- 40Serving Responsive Images with the picture Tag
- 41Showing Keyboard Focus with :focus-visible
- 42Scrolling Smoothly with scroll-behavior
- 43Switching Layouts Per-Component with Container Queries
- 44Creating a Frosted-Glass Effect with backdrop-filter
- 45Building a Flexible Grid with repeat() and minmax()
- 46Fixing a Header in Place with position: sticky
- 47Adding Pseudo-Elements with ::before and ::after
- 48Truncating Long Text with an Ellipsis Using text-overflow
- 49Using a Calculated Value in CSS with calc()
- 50[Applied] Build a Simple Website
The Basics of Accessibility (alt and aria-label)
In this lesson you'll learn the basics of accessibility using the alt attribute and aria-label, so you can build a page that's usable by everyone. This is for people searching "HTML accessibility basics."
Accessibility is consideration that makes a page usable by everyone, including people who are blind or have difficulty operating a device. You give an image a description with the alt attribute, and convey the role of an icon-only button with aria-label.
The sample code gives a logo image a description, alt="site logo image", and a symbol-only button a role description, aria-label="open the menu". This information isn't visible on screen, but people using screen-reader software have these descriptions conveyed to them as speech.
A common beginner stumbling block is writing a meaningful alt even for purely decorative images, which ends up making the information redundant. For images that are purely decorative, the correct approach is considered to be an empty alt="", so screen-reader software can skip over them.
People who use screen-reader software rely on this information to understand a page's content. Building a page that's usable by everyone, not just visually well-designed, is an essential basic stance in modern web development.
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