Re: ARIA and HTML document question about implicit headings

Bryan wrote:
"I noticed recently that according to the ARIA and HTML mapping tables, the
use of aria-level is said to not be allowed on H1 through H6 elements, even
though these implicitly map to role="heading"."

It would be really helpful to provide a reference to a source when making
such statements.



On Monday, 14 August 2017, Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I noticed recently that according to the ARIA and HTML mapping tables, the
> use of aria-level is said to not be allowed on H1 through H6 elements, even
> though these implicitly map to role="heading".
>
> Since supporting attributes like aria-pressed and aria-haspopup are
> accepted on other implicit elements like role="button", amongst other
> implicit role and attribute combinations, why is this one different?
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Accessibility Fellow
> Level Access, Inc.
> Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com
> 415.624.2709 (o)
> www.LevelAccess.com
>
>
>

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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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