[Bug 13814] Permit @alt on <area> even when there is no @href attribute

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13814

Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #4 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> ---
(In reply to Leif Halvard Silli from comment #2)
> 
> This rationale does not count in the use case that the image map is a
> navigation menu. In that case, there will be a symbol or text inside the
> image map image, which e.g. the sighted user will see, whereas e.g. the AT
> user will not see it but could get the text from the area element that does
> not create a hyperlink.
> 
> In navigation menus, it is freequently the case that the link is "dead" if
> it leads to the current page.

The point is that an <area> element with no href="" attribute just won't be
listed, per the current spec. So making alt="" valid for such elements would be
a waste of time. If you want to change the model, that's a different bug. (But
probably also a WONTFIX.)


(In reply to Leif Halvard Silli from comment #3)
> By the way, in Firefox, the <area> elements are included in the tabbing
> order even if the element lacks both @alt and @href.

That's a bug. Please file it with Mozilla.

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Received on Monday, 13 January 2014 23:53:03 UTC