Re: Alternative to @aria-describedAT: <a role=img>

H, Leif. I considered it in MSAA/IA2 terms. In MSAA/IA2 you have roles
and actions.

<a role=link href><img alt="Lorem ipsum."></a>
role of html:a is link, action is "jump"
role of img accessible is image, action is "jump" (inherited from
html:a accessible)

<a role=img href>
role is html:a accessbile is image, action is "jump" since it's a
still link after all.

I think NSAccessibility protocol (OS X accessibility API) have
concepts of roles and actions too. In these cases I assume VoiceOver
announces name and role of html:a accessible (and don't go into html:a
tree), html:a accessible gets a name from underlying img accessible.
Also it should provide a way to invoke the action.

Thanks.
Alex.


On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 1:41 AM, Leif Halvard Silli
<xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote:
> Alexander Surkov, Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:06:55 +0900:
>> <a role="img" href="">img link</a> or even <a href=""><img></a> are
>> exposed with "jump" as primary accessible action. Longdesc or
>> aria-describedat is exposed as secondary accessible action which is as
>> I understand sort of URL to image description and not a link.
>
> Hi! I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "jump". But I agree that
> a link is a "primary" option, while a longdesc/aria-describedAT offers
> a secondary option.
>
> However, I would describe this as a role hierarchy: In the case of the
> micro format <a role=link href><img alt="Lorem ipsum."></a>, the
> primary option of is associated with the role of the outer element -
> the link. And, for instance  VoiceOver, will present the above micro
> format like so: "Lorem ipsum. Link.".
>
> Whereas in the micro format <a role=img href><img alt="Lorem
> ipsum."></a>, VoiceOver will say: "Lorem Ipsum. Image.". In this case,
> the "primary option" is to consume the <img> as an image. While the
> secondary option is to activate the link.
>
> And so, the goal with <a role=img> or <a role=desclink> is to make sure
> the link is *not* presented as the primary role/option.
>
> Do you get me? Or are we talking past each others with regard to
> primary/secondary and "jump"?
> --
> Leif H Silli

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