Re: Minutes from UAIG call on 3 December

Thanks, I missed that this was specific to ATK/AT-SPI earlier when it was 
mentioned. Understanding the platform differences helps a lot.
 Have a great day :)
Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Scheuhammer" <clown@alum.mit.edu>
To: "Bryan Garaventa" <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>; "Janina Sajka" 
<janina@rednote.net>; "WAI XTech" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Minutes from UAIG call on 3 December


> Hi Bryan,
>
> You wrote:
>> I was curious, so I just checked this and I can see the same, the role of 
>> 'list' set within the MSAA object for an element marked with role=listbox 
>> in the markup.
>
> That is what the mapping is for role='listbox [1]'.  Thanks for looking 
> into that, since it means that the gnome-a11y comments are potentially 
> broader than just ATK/AT-SPI.  To summarize, the mappings for 
> role="listbox", leaving some details out, are:
>
> MSAA+UIA Express:  ROLE_SYSTEM_LIST
> MSAA+IA2:  ROLE_SYSTEM_LIST
> UIA:  List
> ATK/AT-SPI:  ROLE_LIST
> AXAPI:  AXList
>
> Thanks to the gnome-a11y comments, we now know there is a ROLE_LIST_BOX 
> that is more appropriate for ATK/AT-SPI.  I haven't had the time to look 
> into MSAA, IA2, UIA, nor AXAPI to see if there is an analogous feature. 
> There might not be; it may be that MSAA's ROLE_SYSTEM_LIST means "list 
> box" on that platform.
>
>> I'm not sure if this too was mentioned in the call or not, but the same 
>> issue is true for elements marked up with role=option, they are being 
>> shown as MSAA objects with a role of 'list item'. Is 'list item' the 
>> correct mapping for an element with role=option?
>
> Yes, that is the correct mapping.  The UAIG mapping table says:
>
> MSAA+UIA Express: ROLE_SYSTEM_LISTITEM
> MSAA+IA2:  ROLE_SYSTEM_LISTITEM
> UIA:  ListItem
> ATK/AT-SPI:  ROLE_LIST_ITEM
> AXAPI:  AXStaticText
>
>> Actually I'm seeing the same thing in IE, and the same thing on Select 
>> elements with embedded Option elements, all of which appear to have role 
>> mappings of list and list item in MSAA and UIA objects, so I may be 
>> mistaken.
>
> That confirms that the mappings are correct except the one for 
> role="listbox" on the ATK/AT-SPI platform.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/#mapping_role_table
>
> -- 
> ;;;;joseph.
>
>
> 'A: After all, it isn't rocket science.'
> 'K: Right. It's merely computer science.'
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>
>

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