Logic behind aria-required not being valid on role=checkbox? from Bryan Garaventa on 2017-09-16 (public-aria@w3.org from September 2017)

From: Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 02:26:29 +0000
To: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
Message-ID: <BN6PR03MB2785A6455F0FAFD9ED3838A1F26D0@BN6PR03MB2785.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Hi,
Somebody brought a use case to my attention today regarding the use of aria-required and role=checkbox, and it seems like a valid one, however aria-required doesn't appear to be supported on role=checkbox.

The use case being that of a License Agreement checkbox where, if the checkbox is not checked then the form will not submit, so technically interacting with the checkbox is required to proceed.

Would there be any interest in adding aria-required as a supported attribute of role=checkbox in this case?

Bryan Garaventa
Accessibility Fellow
Level Access, Inc.
Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com
415.624.2709 (o)
www.LevelAccess.com

Received on Saturday, 16 September 2017 02:26:54 UTC