- From: Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:34:04 +0100
- To: "'Richard Schwerdtfeger'" <schwer@us.ibm.com>, "'Maciej Stachowiak'" <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: <public-pfwg-comments@w3.org>, <public-pfwg-comments-request@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <017801cb45b1$d89bacc0$89d30640$@com>
Hi rich, >Where in the aria spec. definition do we state that status MUST be a statusbar Steve? It doesn't, but in the implementation guide it is mapped to the status bar role on all platforms. Regards stevef From: Richard Schwerdtfeger [mailto:schwer@us.ibm.com] Sent: 27 August 2010 03:51 To: Maciej Stachowiak Cc: public-pfwg-comments@w3.org; public-pfwg-comments-request@w3.org; Steve Faulkner Subject: Re: ARIA "status" role definition should make clear that it is intended to be a status bar That is correct. It is meant to be very general. A status can contain all types of information. Status bars are meant to be monitored by an AT. Where in the aria spec. definition do we state that status MUST be a statusbar Steve? Rich Schwerdtfeger CTO Accessibility Software Group Inactive hide details for Maciej Stachowiak ---08/26/2010 04:53:35 AM---The ARIA definition of the "status" role says: --------Maciej Stachowiak ---08/26/2010 04:53:35 AM---The ARIA definition of the "status" role says: ------------ From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> To: public-pfwg-comments@w3.org Cc: Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com> Date: 08/26/2010 04:53 AM Subject: ARIA "status" role definition should make clear that it is intended to be a status bar Sent by: public-pfwg-comments-request@w3.org _____ The ARIA definition of the "status" role says: ------------ A container whose content is advisory information for the user but is not important enough to justify an alert. Also see alert. Authors MUST provide status information content within a status object. Authors SHOULD ensure this object does not receive focus. Status is a form of live region. If another part of the page controls what appears in the status, authors SHOULD make the relationshipexplicit with the aria-controls attribute. ------------ This seems very general, and like something that could apply to the HTML5 <output> element for instance. However, according to Steve Faulkner, this is meant to be mapped to a status bar role in platform accessibility APIs, which would likely make it inappropriate for <output>. Please correct the definition in ARIA to make clear that it is not intended to be used only for status bars or similar constructs. Regards, Maciej
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