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Re: Lang attribute on html element

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On 13/11/2018 2:50 pm, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I have a page that onload runs some JavaScript that sets a value for 
> lang on the html element.
> 
> What concerns me is that if this is "too late" for screen readers to 
> correctly interpret the page's language. That is, does the appropriate 
> lang attribute need to be hard coded in the page for screen readers to 
> recognise it?
> 
> Would using DOMContentLoaded be safer?

After some testing, using DOMContentLoaded triggers Chrome to ask if I 
want the page translated so maybe it will also be picked up by screen 
readers.

Andrew Poulos

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Lang attribute on html element Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2018-11-13 14:50 +1100
  Re: Lang attribute on html element Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2018-11-13 16:09 +1100
    Re: Lang attribute on html element Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-11-13 22:40 +0100
      Re: Lang attribute on html element Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2018-11-14 10:00 +1100

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