Re: Implementation questions around HTML structural elements and ARIA Landmarks

Hi Cynthia, any update?

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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>

On 27 March 2015 at 10:51, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 25 March 2015 at 01:07, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com> wrote:
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>> For 1 & 2, we will be using a Group Control Type and a Localized Control
>> Type that corresponds to the sectioning element or landmark.  Control type
>> is the UIA equivalent of role.  Localized Control Type is what Narrator
>> says when the user interacts with that control.  It is a user-facing string
>> which will be localized.
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>
> a few questions; will sectioning/structural elements, for example:
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> <main>
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> and
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> <div role="main">
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> be able to be recognized as equivalent by the information exposed in UIA?
> and treated as such by AT if they wish to?
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>
> also
> In terms of <header> and <footer> are the semantics being exposed based on
> their position in DOM (inside or outside of article/section) as other
> browsers do?
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> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
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Received on Friday, 24 April 2015 09:43:52 UTC