[Bug 22220] @role attribute, and ARIA global content attributes should be reflected DOM attributes.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22220

--- Comment #1 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> @role attribute, and ARIA global content attributes should be reflected DOM
> attributes.
> 
> Was talking to Robin Berjon at the recent HTML F2F meeting, and he requested
> I file this bug. Since @role and the ARIA global attributes are allowed
> everywhere, making them reflected content attributes would be very useful to
> web developers. 
> 
> The only challenge I can predict for this would be specifying the bits that
> ARIA refers to as the "Implicit Value for Role:"
> 
> For example, when role="alert"
>  • Default for aria-live is assertive.
>  • Default for aria-atomic is true.
> 
> So these two are functionally identical:
> <div role="alert"></div>
> <div role="alert" aria-live="assertive"></div>
> 
> This may pose a problem for making *all* the global attrs reflected, but
> should not pose a problem for @role.

OK so this is filed against the API spec is this the right place for it? I
thought it would be better in HTML spec no?

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Received on Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:04:00 UTC