Re: iFrame titles - are they needed?

We had this LENGTHY discussion here ages ago 
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/929

I agree not all iframes need an accessible name/title, when they behave 
like they're part of the host page and are not acting as a distinct 
self-contained document or control/complex widget in its own right.

There's been various discussions like 
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/1257605397705359363 as well.

And situations like these, where buttons are wrapped in individual 
iframes (for ease of deployment), but being forced to add an accessible 
name/title to them leads to horribly verbose and unnecessary AT output 
https://github.com/mdo/github-buttons/pull/148

Long story short: I'd be in favour of making it clear that iframes do 
NOT necessarily NEED to have a title/accname.

P
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Received on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 13:48:14 UTC