Re: Implied ARIA Roles

Hi Craig,

maps to
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-strong-native-semantics

change won't appear in 5.0 version, but that is of little consequence.


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Regards

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


On 4 August 2014 11:39, Craig Francis <craig@craigfrancis.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Steve,
>
> And just for my own notes, the diff appears on:
>
>
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/single-page.html#sec-strong-native-semantics
>
> Which maps back to:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/dom.html#sec-strong-native-semantics
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
> On 3 Aug 2014, at 14:40, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Craig I have resolved the related spec bug you filed
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26418
>
> Mike - the addition of the implied roles for <th scope=col> and <th
> scope=row> clarify that the presence of aria-sort on either does not need
> to be used in conjunction with any aria roles when used on <th scope=col>
> or <th scope=row>. Can you modify the validator conformance checking to
> reflect this?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>
>
> On 22 July 2014 13:50, Craig Francis <craig@craigfrancis.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When validating a document with an @aria-sort attribute, the validator
>> requires that a @role should also be specified.
>>
>> As I'm adding this on a <th scope="col">, isn't this already implied by
>> the markup?
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#columnheader
>>
>> Base Concept: HTML th[scope="col"]
>>
>> An example HTML table is below, where I realise the <span> isn't
>> necessarily the best approach (trying to avoid an <img> which will add
>> additional HTTP requests)... where I am hoping that in time the @aria-sort
>> attribute will be supported by UA's and will provide a much better
>> interface.
>>
>> I've also brought this issue up on SO:
>>
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24863531/using-aria-sort-in-validated-html5
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE html>
>> <html lang="en-GB">
>> <head>
>>   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
>>   <title>ARIA Sort</title>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>>
>>   <table>
>>     <thead>
>>       <tr>
>>         <th scope="col" aria-sort="none"><a href="#">Name&#xA0;<span
>> title="Sort">&#9650;</span></a></th>
>>         <th scope="col" aria-sort="ascending"><a
>> href="#">Score&#xA0;<span title="Ascending">&#9650;</span></a></th>
>>       </tr>
>>     </thead>
>>     <tbody>
>>       <tr>
>>         <th scope="row">A</th>
>>         <td>1</td>
>>       </tr>
>>     </tbody>
>>   </table>
>>
>>   <table role="grid">
>>     <thead>
>>       <tr role="row">
>>         <th scope="col" role="columnheader" aria-sort="none"><a
>> href="#">Name&#xA0;<span title="Sort">&#9650;</span></a></th>
>>         <th scope="col" role="columnheader" aria-sort="ascending"><a
>> href="#">Score&#xA0;<span title="Ascending">&#9650;</span></a></th>
>>       </tr>
>>     </thead>
>>     <tbody>
>>       <tr role="row">
>>         <th scope="row" role="rowheader">A</th>
>>         <td role="gridcell">1</td>
>>       </tr>
>>     </tbody>
>>   </table>
>>
>> </body>
>>
>
>
>

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