Re: Clarification regarding live regions and hidden elements

A side talk but afaik, the current Chrome implementation removes focusable
aria-hidden elements from the tree.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Aaron Leventhal <aleventhal@google.com>
wrote:

> Exception would be if there is a reason it must be exposed, for example it
> is focusable/focused even though marked as aria-hidden.
>
> Aaron
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:40 PM Alexander Surkov <
> surkov.alexander@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1. The browsers are not expected to expose the hidden content afaik.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Leventhal <aleventhal@google.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm in agreement -- my understanding was that the only time hidden
>>> content is exposed is when pointed to by aria-labelledby/describedby.
>>>
>>> You could, however, style a live region offscreen or behind something
>>> and it should be spoken.
>>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:04 PM Bryan Garaventa <
>>> bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, that’s what I thought as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can’t find anything in the spec that says this however, which makes
>>>> it difficult for me to enter bugs against it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Garaventa
>>>>
>>>> Accessibility Fellow
>>>>
>>>> Level Access, Inc.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com
>>>>
>>>> 415.624.2709 <(415)%20624-2709> (o)
>>>>
>>>> www.LevelAccess.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Steve Faulkner [mailto:faulkner.steve@gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:57 AM
>>>> *To:* Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com>
>>>> *Cc:* ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: Clarification regarding live regions and hidden elements
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If an element is meant to be explicitly hidden, should it remain an
>>>> active live region regardless?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't believe it should, but this does not mean that its contents
>>>> cannot be referenced via aria-labelledby/describedby when hidden.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> SteveF
>>>>
>>>> Current Standards Work @W3C
>>>> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 19 August 2017 at 00:25, Bryan Garaventa <
>>>> bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Today I was asked whether live regions are allowed on hidden elements,
>>>> and I thought this was a simple no, but in looking at the spec and testing,
>>>> it appears people's understanding of this is all over the map.
>>>>
>>>> E.G An element like a div that includes  CSS display:none or
>>>> visibility:hidden, or the HTML5 hidden attribute, or even
>>>> aria-hidden="true".
>>>>
>>>> If an element is meant to be explicitly hidden, should it remain an
>>>> active live region regardless?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Bryan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Garaventa
>>>> Accessibility Fellow
>>>> Level Access, Inc.
>>>> Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com
>>>> 415.624.2709 <(415)%20624-2709> (o)
>>>> www.LevelAccess.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>