- From: Dominic Mazzoni <dmazzoni@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 13:21:13 -0700
- To: "W3C WAI Protocols & Formats" <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Received on Monday, 6 April 2015 20:21:44 UTC
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28413 Developers are confused about what should happen if you put an aria-label on an element with no role, like an empty <div> element. While most browsers do interpret the aria-label and expose it, some screen readers ignore it. For example: <div aria-label="Label">Text</div> Firefox exposes "Label" as the accName, but "Text" as the IAccessibleText, and Windows screen readers read out "Text". Safari+VoiceOver is different, VoiceOver reads out "Label". Do you think the current Windows end-user behavior is correct, or not? Should we clarify the spec to make it crystal-clear that adding aria-label on any random element does not necessarily override that element's text, or should we change the current behavior? Note that elements without an ARIA role can still get a label, it depends on computed role, not the ARIA role. As an example: <h3 aria-label="ARIA Heading">Text Heading</h3> Every browser and screen reader combination I tested read out "ARIA Heading" here, not "Text Heading".
Received on Monday, 6 April 2015 20:21:44 UTC