- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:15:29 -0800
- To: Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>, Fred Esch <fesch@us.ibm.com>, Matthew King <mattking@us.ibm.com>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com>, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
> On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if it might make more sense to change the definition of presentation or none to cover this scenario
>
> <p>I <img src="heart.gif" alt="love" role="none"> New York.</p>
>
> to read "I love New York" instead of "I New York"
As Matt alluded, the ARIA 1.0 "presentation" role ("none" is a 1.1 synonym role of "presentation") does not expose any attribute or role semantics, so this would not expose the text alternative.
> The glyph scenario is different, because it is text, and is often read as a single character.
I don't think it'd always be limited to a single character.
> But, do we need a role for that? Would this work instead?
>
> <p>I <span aria-label="love">♥</span> New York.</p>
The role of the span is ambiguous here. Some platforms don't expose the span at all, preferring to flatten the selection string, so there is no element on which to hang the label. (Though that might just be an implementation detail.)
James
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