- From: Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 08:38:22 -0700
- To: public-pfwg-comments@w3.org
Hello WG, Ref: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 About aria-hidden: Statement#1: If an element is only visible after some user action, authors MUST set the aria-hidden attribute to true. Comment: It does not explicitly state when aria-hidden should be present. I suppose it means: If an element is only visible after some user action, authors MUST set the aria-hidden attribute to true untill that user action happens, right? Statement#2: "Authors are advised to avoid using aria-hidden="false" with styles or attributes that have historically prevented rendering in all modalities, such as display:none or visibility:hidden in CSS, or the hidden attribute in HTML 5 ... ". Comment: I find the above note confusing because, setting aria-hidden=false in conjunction with display: none and such is conflicting. The CSS property tells user agents / AT to hide the content, but the aria-hidden attribute indicates otherwise. As aria-hidden=false is meant to be the same as not having the attribute at all, it is perhaps better to include a note that advises that the attribute should be dropped and not set to false to ensure more reliable / robust behavior across user agents / platforms. Thanks very much, Sailesh Panchang
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