- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:09 +0200
- To: Lars Gunther <gunther@keryx.se>
- CC: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Lars Gunther On 09-10-21 14.52: > 2009-10-21 12:37, Schnabel, Stefan skrev: >> I’d like to see the conformance checker algorithm code that can decide >> if <a> has been erroneously used instead of <button> in a form- like >> element grouping … > > Would it not suffice if the validator in its error message complained > about the a-element instead of the ARIA role. > > E.g. "ARIA role and element name mismatch. If you intend to use this > link as a button, use the button element." To me, this sounds like a good idea. The effect is that @role has higher semantic value than the element. > Such an error message can be silenced by removing the ARIA role, but its > wording is focusing the use of the a-tag, thus encouraging the use of > proper markup. > > BTW, I think YUI and JQuery can be evangelized into using button. Does > anyone have a link to their bug tracker -- leif halvard silli
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