RE: UIA mapping of heading role.

Joseph,

I'd like to add that the mapping of <Hx> in UIA seems to be not on par with the mapping of role=heading.

- UIA in IE 11 maps <Hx> to "editable text" while role=heading is mapped to "heading".  
- MSAA in IE 11 maps <Hx> and role=heading  to "editable text".
- The level info for <Hx> gots lost in both API's.

Please check example attached with latest MS Inspect on Win10 (first edition). I haven't checked that with latest Edge, though.

Since some AT goes still by MSAA this may cause confusion although the DOM-based virtual modes are not affected by this.

I'd like to hear what the expected outcome of the intended fix will be.

-  Stefan


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Scheuhammer [mailto:clown@alum.mit.edu] 
Sent: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 22:10
To: Bogdan Brinza <bbrinza@microsoft.com>; Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
Subject: UIA mapping of heading role.

Hi, Bogdan,

At last week's AAPI meeting, we were trying to resolve older issues.  We
came across one raised by Cynthia regarding the UIA mapping for
heading.  We are unsure if this is still a problem.  Can you either
verify the mapping or suggest what it should be if it's still incorrect?

The current UIA mapping is "Text"
(https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/core-aam/core-aam.html#role-map-heading). 
In the issue, Cynthia said:

"
In UIA, headings and heading levels are mapped as a text attribute on a
text run within the text pattern. The correct mapping is to add heading
styleID to the text pattern run for the heading, according to this guide
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh437309(v=vs.85).aspx.
<https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh437309%28v=vs.85%29.aspx.>

"

The link to the guide results in an error.

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.

ISSUE-738: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/track/issues/738


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