Re: Logic behind aria-required not being valid on role=checkbox?

Thing is that the checkbox can’t be required as such because it always has a value, it’s always 0 or 1. It’s never invalid. HTML required doesn’t dictate the final value. Neither should aria-required.

— Michiel

> On 18 Sep 2017, at 03:59, Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That seems valid to me. Worth raising an issue.
> 
> Matt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Garaventa [mailto:bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com] 
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 7:26 PM
> To: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
> Subject: Logic behind aria-required not being valid on role=checkbox?
> 
> 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
> 
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Received on Monday, 18 September 2017 06:20:12 UTC