Re: Are there some HTML tags that I can use to make certain blocks auto-hide in eww?

[T.V Raman]

As with everything in browsers, "it depends".

What is  guaranteed by the spec: "aria-hidden=true" will hide  those
nodes from a screenreader --- it does not guarantee that it will
always hide it from the visual rendering.

The reasons for this are complex and convoluted.
Kaushal Modi writes:
 > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:48 AM T.V Raman <raman@google.com> wrote:
 > 
 > 
 >  Correct, should work. Just remember that if you want those nodes to
 >  ever show up in a   JS-powered browser, you'll need to set that attr
 >  to false in the JS code that unhides it -- otherwise it'll just lead
 >  to differently confusing experiences. 
 > 
 > 
 > But adding aria-hidden=true should hide those elements on non-screen readers 
 > like a regular Firefox browser, right? [I know I could have simply tried 
 > that.] 

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