[Bug 159906] A11Y sidebar: Too many issue reports about direct character formatting

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159906

V Stuart Foote <vsfoote at libreoffice.org> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from V Stuart Foote <vsfoote at libreoffice.org> ---
Given that the 'accessibility check' feature resident in the SB is to *assist*
the author with preparing accessible text, organizing it to do so efficiently
makes sense. It is really not performing validation--rather it just indicates
some text span that may need consideration.

Currently each instance of "Text formatting conveys additional meaning" flag is
picked up for *each* DF the author has assigned. Grouping by Paragraph would
certainly help the author proceed through the document.

But if the author does not want to consider each instance, they can already
collapse the 'Formatting' exposure arrow. And doing so "by paragraph" or "by
section" would be reasonable improvement and, suited to task of checking
document accessibility.

However would note that currently assigning a defined 'Character style' (e.g.
Emphasis, Strong Emphasis) unlike the DF does not trigger the same additional
meaning flag. Why not?

-1 for an action button, stripping out the DF in bulk doesn't encourage the
author to review the DF impact on accessible content.

Beyond that, it is up to the users chosen Assistive Technology tool to consume
and respond to document formatting--fonts, attributes, super/subscript,
emphasis, highlight/marking, styling and color. 

Such DF and styling within a document are not incorrect, rather the author
should be made aware where they have applied them--and the potential impact
their formatting choices can have.  

Viewed in that context, +1 to organize by Paragraph, -1 to strip out ALL DF in
a single pass, but fine to review/process at paragraph or section. And need to
consider handling of applied Character styling in an accessible text context.

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