- From: Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@ssbbartgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:59:47 +0000
- To: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
I was reading through the spec, http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/ and noticed that within all of the interactive widget roles, such as Menu, Menubar, Listbox, Grid, etc., the following text is used: "authors SHOULD manage focus of descendants for all instances of this role, as described in Managing Focus." However, in section 2.3 Managing Focus, at http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#managingfocus It states: "Content authors are required to manage focus on the following container roles:" ... Which is missing Tablist/Tab by the way. So, regarding the use of SHOULD, it appears that managing focus for these widget types is optional? Personally, it would make more sense to make this a MUST, because I see way too many developers adding ARIA attributes and completely ignoring the necessary scripting behaviors to make them work properly.
Received on Monday, 15 December 2014 09:00:24 UTC