- From: Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 16:31:57 +0100
- To: "Schnabel, Stefan" <stefan.schnabel@sap.com>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com>, "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>
- Cc: Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com>, ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
On 07/07/2016 16:01, Schnabel, Stefan wrote: > Hi Leonie, > >>>> The spec recommends using the attribute only on non-interactive containers ... > > see http://w3c.github.io/aria/aria/aria.html#aria-roledescription > > No word about only structural roles in latest draft. The warning is in the note included after the definition. Here's the text: "Users of assistive technologies learn interaction patterns based on localized role descriptions such as "button" or "slider." When authors change the role description, users may no longer understand the purpose of the control or how to interact with it. Thus custom role descriptions are only recommended for use on non-interactive container roles like group or region or to provide a more specific description of a widget." Léonie. -- @LeonieWatson tink.uk Carpe diem
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