Re: ACTION-2080: Draft aria spec text limiting the use of role password on editable objects

Hey James.

The multi-line statement is a SHOULD; not a MUST. So if you choose to
wrap a field which contains a passphrase, you can do it. But why would
you want to? In my experience, even fields that support lengthy
passphrases (e.g. to enter your PGP key) are single-line. If you exceed
the field width, the text scrolls to keep the caret visible. And this is
my experience not just in web apps (where the HTML input has the
single-line restriction), but also in native desktop apps.

As for why I included the stipulation in my proposal: Primarily because
someone during our last meeting raised the concern that authors might
use the password role on an entire paragraph's worth of text.

--joanie

On 06/08/2016 05:06 PM, James Nurthen wrote:
> I also have to ask why the multi-line restriction. If I choose to wrap a
> field which may contain a passphrase why would this be an issue?
> 
> 
> On 6/8/2016 1:57 PM, Rich Schwerdtfeger wrote:
>> What is the use case for having a read only password?  
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Proposed text:
>>>
>>> Authors SHOULD limit the use of the password role to single-line
>>> elements which are editable. Authors MAY use the password role on
>>> elements which are not currently editable due to application-specific
>>> conditions. However, in that instance, authors MUST indicate that the
>>> element is read only by setting aria-readonly to true or using the
>>> appropriate native host language attribute. User agents MUST ignore the
>>> password role when it is applied to elements which are neither editable
>>> nor explicitly marked as read only.
>>>
>>> * https://github.com/w3c/aria/commit/fe849c8c
>>> * https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/action-2080/aria/aria.html#password
>>>
>>> --joanie
>>>
>>>
> 
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Received on Wednesday, 8 June 2016 21:53:04 UTC