Re: aria-invalid is confusing

Would this edit resolve the confusion?

From:
"if the attribute is not present, or its value is false then the default value of false applies."

To:
"if the attribute is not present, then the value is inherited from the parent element."


On Feb 4, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Alexander Surkov <surkov.alexander@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi. The spec says
> (http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/states_and_properties#aria-invalid):
> 
> "For future expansion, the aria-invalid attribute is an enumerated
> type. Any value not recognized in the list of allowed values MUST be
> treated by user agents as if the value true had been provided. If the
> attribute is not present, or its value is false, or its value is an
> empty string, the default value of false applies."
> 
> In particular this means that
> 
> <div aria-invalid="true">
>  <span>1st span</span>
>  <span aria-invalid="false">2nd span</span>
> </div>
> 
> Both "1st span" and "2nd span" text ranges should have "invalid:false"
> text attributes because "if the attribute is not present, or its value
> is false then the default value of false applies". It doesn't seem
> this behavior in the context of the "1st span" text range is evident
> and actually wanted.
> 
> Thank you.
> Alex.
>

Received on Monday, 4 February 2013 20:17:48 UTC