Re: Query about intent of aria-expanded

My understanding is yes. For example:

It can be used on a disclosure widget that expands a section, and it can also be used on tree item that is expanded or collapsed. If you use it to indicate expansion of another element, the aria-controls relationship should be present.


> On Sep 9, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Léonie Watson <LWatson@PacielloGroup.com> wrote:
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> ARIA folks,
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> This came up in discussion recently. The definition for aria-expanded says:
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> “Indicates whether the element, or another grouping element it controls, is currently expanded or collapsed.”
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> This implies that aria-expanded can be put on an element that itself expands/collapses, or on an element that controls the expand/collapse of another grouping element. Is this what was intended?
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>  
> Léonie
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> Léonie Watson – Senior Accessibility Engineer, TPG
> @LeonieWatson @PacielloGroup

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