- From: James Nurthen <nurthen@adobe.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:18:11 +0000
- To: Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com>, ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <MWHPR02MB265380E1E5E6008F4BF6C8EAA6B00@MWHPR02MB2653.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>
Can I clarify 1 point. Is this intended to allow a user to make a selection or is it only intended to indicate what is selected (as the result of another process) Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@levelaccess.com> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 8:54:22 AM To: ARIA Working Group Subject: Regarding selected cells within a static data table Hi, This came up last week, and seems to indicate a missing area in what we have available in either aria-current or aria-selected, but I'm not sure which. The scenario is a static data table where a series of situations are possible, (1) all cells in a column are highlighted as being selected, (2) all cells in a row are highlighted as being selected, or (3) any number of random cells within the data table are highlighted as being selected. I was asked if aria-current could be used for this, but this does not actually fit because this only deals with one current item in a collection. Similarly, the aria-selected attribute won't work because it is not supported on role="cell". Also, it is invalid to add role="grid" to the construct just to expose aria-selected because this is a static data table and is not an interactive widget. So, since nothing is available to deal with this, it seems that it should be either handled by aria-current or aria-selected, even though at present it does not. Would it be agreeable to extend aria-selected to be supported on role="cell"? Or, would adding a token to aria-current be more agreeable such as aria-current="selected"? What are your thoughts? Thanks, Bryan Bryan Garaventa Accessibility Fellow Level Access, Inc. Bryan.Garaventa@LevelAccess.com 415.624.2709 (o) https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.LevelAccess.com&data=02%7C01%7Cnurthen%40adobe.com%7Ce29f714872024d1af74a08d5a3b28bda%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636594909603664843&sdata=8%2FBqVyE3E%2FHJNptyujXXWDSXebhXlquWkPekPG9U2BM%3D&reserved=0
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