[Bug 26419] New: Allow browser and the rendered application to pass on information available within page elements

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26419

            Bug ID: 26419
           Summary: Allow browser and the rendered application to pass on
                    information available within page elements
           Product: HTML.next
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: default
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: devarshipant@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, robin@w3.org

Idea is to allow browser and the rendered application to pass on information
available within page elements.

For example - 

<div>
<H1 setvfocus = "true 00:02:00">This is read every 2 minutes</H1>
</div>

The aforementioned code may be flawed, but still will give this idea a shot and
hope I am understood.

The reason for allowing this natively within HTML 5 can be helpful as:

1. While the screen reader is voicing stuff at the bottom of the page, every
two minutes the virtual focus would read the <H1> heading.

2. We don’t need to set any politeness levels like we do in aria.

3. Simplistic and straightforward to implement.

4. Only issue is whether this is something that can be implemented by API.

The above example can be extended to help keyboard only users as well,
especially when focus needs to be set on a text block or a page element.

Something like -
<div>
<H1 setvfocus = "false 00:00:00">Receives keyboard focus immediately</H1>
</div>
would set focus on the heading block instantly, which can be helpful when users
activate a link whose target points to a resource on the same page, or a new
window / tab.

-Devarshi

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Received on Wednesday, 23 July 2014 18:44:07 UTC