- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:33:55 +0200
- To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
Did you by "should it be given that the div is hidden?" mean to ask if ARIA should treat an element with the @hidden boolean the same way as it would treat an element with the @aria-hidden? (This reminds me about Jonas' recent suggestion in the @longdesc debate, that it should be possible to point to a @hidden element via aria-labelledby/-describedby.) Leif Steven Faulkner, Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:47:09 +0100: > Note: also exposed as an accessible decription in Safari on Mac and > chrome on windows. > > regards > Stevef > > On 10 September 2010 15:36, Steven Faulkner > <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> the code below references a hidden div element with a description. >> The description text string is provided in the accessible >> description property in MSAA and Ia2 in firefox, should it be given >> that the div is hidden? >> >> <img alt="bottle" aria-describedby="x"> >> <div aria-hidden="true" style="display:none"> >> blue bottle with a rusty lid >> </div> >> >> >> the following from the WAI-ARIA spec >> [http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#namecalculation] suggests it >> is OK. >> "The text alternative for a given node is computed as follows: >> 1. Skip hidden elements unless the author specifies to use them via >> an aria-labelledby or aria-describedby being used in the current >> computation. By default, users of assistive technologies won't >> receive the hidden information, but an author will be able to >> explicitly override that and include the hidden information. " >> If so it is a useful method of providing descriptive information for >> AT users. >> >> -- >> with regards >> >> Steve Faulkner >> Technical Director - TPG Europe >> Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium >> >> www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org >> Web Accessibility Toolbar - >> http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG Europe > Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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