Thanks everyone for their input. It seems that 'aria-labelledby' is the best option for now, even though screen readers won't announce it. Future-proofing I guess :) It would be nice (although probably too late) to have some sort of 'secondary' or 'subnav' roles available for situations like this, which is quite common. -Ryan On May 18, 2009, at 6:49 PM, Jon Gunderson wrote: > This is the proper markup using ARIA: > > <div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="nav1"> > <h2 id="nav1">main menu</h2> > ... > </div> > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:44:11 +0200 >> From: "Simon Pieters" <simonp@opera.com> >> Subject: Re: ARIA semantics for secondary navigation >> To: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsaran@yahoo-inc.com>, sailesh.panchang@deque.com >> , "Ryan Doherty" <rdoherty@mozilla.com>, wai-xtech@w3.org >> >> On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:23:00 +0200, Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@yahoo-inc.com >> > wrote: >> >>>> I thought there was a way to name landmarks already: using one of >>>> the >>>> <h1>-<h6> elements. >> >>> Do you mean by embeding landmarks inside headings? >>> >> >> No, by placing a heading in the landmark. >> >> <div role="navigation"> >> <h2>main menu</h2> >> ... >> </div> >> >> I looked briefly at the ARIA spec and didn't find anything about >> this, so I was probably wrong. However, I think it's the logical >> thing to use and it would be nice if the association would just work. >> >> (In HTML5, the <nav> element creates a section, and the outline >> algorithm will associate an <hgroup> or <h1>-<h6> element with the >> section, if there is one.) >> >> -- >> Simon Pieters >> Opera Software >> > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. > Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility > Disability Resources and Educational Services > > Rehabilitation Education Center > Room 86 > 1207 S. Oak Street > Champaign, Illinois 61821 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > > WWW: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/ > WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Privacy Information > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic > Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and > may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this email is not > the intended recipient, or agent responsible for delivering or > copying of this communication, you are hereby notified that any > retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please reply to the sender that you have > received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > Ryan Doherty rdoherty@mozilla.comReceived on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 15:31:12 GMT
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