Hi all, FYI rules for elements with host language semantics for hidden http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2012Mar/0072.html My understanding of the clarifications to the ARIA implemantion guide[1] are: * Any element that is directly hidden visually through the use of things like CSS display:none an visibility:hidden must not be exposed to the platform accessibility API * This would include the HTML5 hidden attribute as the implementations use CSS display:none * Anything that is defined as hidden through aria-hidden SHOULD NOT be exposed. * Relationship attributes (e.g. aria-describedby) can reference hidden elements, the hidden elements text content will be exposed, but the elements will not be represented in the accessibility tree. [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-implementation/#include_elements regards Stevef On 13 March 2012 08:01, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis > <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I'd likely support either a textual change based on harmonising HTML > > with ARIA or a change based on marking a wilful violation of ARIA, as > > I think some sort of clarity is required. > > Please note PFWG is revising the text of the ARIA documents that might > have supported exposing @hidden content to aria-describedby: > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2012Mar/0012.html > > -- > Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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