Markup Must Communicate As Clearly As Design

Indicate Loading State

When working from a design, it’s common to build what we see. However, the visual design is only one part of creating perceivable content.

Because some people may not be able to see a visual loading spinner, use screen-reader-specific markup to ensure it communicates the same as the UI.

Without perceivable markup

With aria-related markup

With visually-hidden text markup