- From: Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@ssbbartgroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:13:44 +0000
- To: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
This too came up recently, when viewing the ARIA spec text for role=dialog at http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#dialog The spec text mentions aria-label for setting the name of a dialog, yet makes no mention of the use of aria-describedby to specify the static introduction text contained within that dialog, as is similarly documented for alertdialog at http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#alertdialog Even though this is already supported for both within ATs like JAWS and NVDA. This is of particular value when setting focus to a form field within a role=dialog container that includes introductory text prior to that field in the reading order, such as the following. <div role="dialog" aria-label="Register as a new user" aria-describedby="additionalInfoId"> <div id="additionalInfoId"> By registering you are agreeing to give us your soul forever and ever, so there. </div> <form> ... Form fields here with the first form field receiving focus after the dialog opens ... </form> </div> Can similar text as within role=alertdialog be added to role=dialog to indicate this usage?
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