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Empty link flagged by accessibility tools when data type set to E-mail link#617

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See Email column in the table here: https://intranet.med.wisc.edu/human-resources/contact-information/

Cells in the Email column with no email added are flagged as having an empty link.

The data type is set to E-mail link. The plugin adds this HTML for the empty cell: <a href="mailto:" style=""></a>

This gets flagged as an accessibility barrier in several testing tools:

DubBot accessibility issue: “Link does not have readable (discernible) link text”

WAVE flags:
Errors
Empty link
What It Means
A link contains no text.

Siteimprove error: “Link missing a text alternative”

As an accessibility barrier for users, we’d like to see this remediated as soon as possible. Thanks!

3 months ago
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