If there are situations where bold or italics tags are used to break up content into sections, make sure to use heading tags instead to make the experience easier and clearer for all users. You can change the font of the textbox to bold as follows: textBox1.Font new Font(textBox1.Font, FontStyle.Bold) And then back again: textBox1.Font new Font(textBox1.Font, FontStyle. This saves them time since it doesn’t require reading through the entire page to find what they need. The bold property of the font itself is read only, but the actual font property of the text box is not. Using short-cut keys, the screen reader would read all the headings on the page so that the user can navigate quickly to But as we have identified, bold tags are not announced to screen reader users.Īdditionally, heading tags are an essential way for screen reader users to scan a page. In some cases, content editors may be using the bold tags () in place of a heading tag (e.g.) thinking it will be conveyed to all users. When you want to exhibit a very strong importance to a specific span of text, you can place a tag within another tag. If you strive to make your online content accessible, aim for replacing bold tags with strong tags where applicable. This is especially critical when the tag helps to convey special meaning for the words or phrases being highlighted. When something is bolded in a piece of text using the tag, it will come to no benefit for users using screen readers. The bold tag versus the strong tag will look exactly the same when viewing the content in a browser but provide a different experience to screen reader users.
It serves as an indication to a screen reader of how something should be understood. The Strong tag,, and the Emphasis tag,, are considered Semantic Markup that allows for added meaning to your content. This is a big shift, especially for content contributors, but necessary to provide an equal experience for all users. To be sure to provide the same experience to all users, strong and emphasis tags need to be used instead of the bold and italic tags. and should not be used to style text when the author wants to emphasize a word or passage of text. "His favorite book is The Grapes of Wrath."īut the Bold tag,, and the italic tag,, are listed as a WCAG compliance Level A error because most screen readers will NOT announce these changes to the screen reader user. With normal text box you cannot make some part of the text to Bold, if you use RichText box then you.
"I would like to be notified by email, not other forms of communication." make selected text in the textbox to bold using c. Using these tags, aids in scanning the content for a person who is sighted, for example: Bold and Italic tagsīold and italics are often used to highlight words or phrases in a paragraph of text. Let's look at why this difference is important. When it comes to the accessibility of your content, we recommend using semantic markup to properly announce style changes to all users.