Re: [External] Feedback on draft review of ARIA in HTML

Cynthia,
Thanks so much for this. I will put this on the agenda for Thursday.
Regards,
James.

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From: Cynthia Shelly <cyns@google.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:47:44 PM
To: Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
Subject: [External] Feedback on draft review of ARIA in HTML

I've completed a review of the ARIA in HTML doc. Before I log issues, any concerns or feedback on the comments below?  They're in the order they appear in the document, not priority order.

Thanks!
Cynthia


  *   Why can an <a> with no href take any role but <area> with no href can take no roles? Shouldn't these be consistent? Seems like <area role=button> would be useful.
  *   Should <iframe> support role=dialog?
  *   should <img> support role=figure?
  *   Editorial: It would be more clear to explicitly say that <img> without alt can take aria-label and aria-labelledby. The linked document says that, but it's kind of confusing
  *   Why can <button> be menuitemcheckbox, radio or switch, but not checkbox? A pressed button, a checked switch and. a checked checkbox are all kind of the same thing
  *   The <td> spec is confusing, because <table> is listed earlier with only one mapping, to role=table. <table> can take any role, so I think the text is saying what happens when table has taken different roles. But, I had to scroll back and forth to the table entry to figure that out, and I'm still a little confused.

role=cell<https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/#index-aria-cell> if the ancestor table element is exposed as a role=table.

role=gridcell<https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/#index-aria-gridcell> if the ancestor table element is exposed as a role=grid or treegrid

No role if the ancestor table element has role=table, grid, or treegrid; otherwise any role<https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/#dfn-any-role>.

  *   Editorial: in the <tr> entry, role=row is all blue. Should "role" be red?
  *   In 3.1, checked vs aria-checked is explained, but I'm still not sure I'm reading it right. Can I use aria-checked to make a tri-state html <checkbox>?
  *   I like section 4. I find this flat table to easier to read and understand than the ontology-based attribute sections in the aria spec.