Re: Action-1293: Revised Proposal based on feedback

Hi, Rich. It looks like my concern about valid values for colindex and
rowindex attributes [1] and Dominic's point about using rowcount/colcount
right on table element [2] were not addressed.
Thanks.
Alex.

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2015Mar/0025.html
[2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2015Mar/0032.html

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for the feedback. I updated the proposal based on feedback from
> the group. I addressed these issues:
>
> - consistent abbeviated counts and indexes. These could be entered a lot
> depending on the size of the grid or table
> - modified aria-cindex to be automatically calculated
> - fixed a typo on calculated
> - changed csize to be automatically calculated
> - adjusted the aria-rindex and aria-cindex definitions to be clearer based
> on feedback
>
> for role="row" add aria-rcount and aria-rsize
> for role="cell" and gridcell add aria-ccount, and aria-ccount,
> aria-rcount, and aria-aria-rsize
>
> aria-cindex (property)
>
> Defines an element's cell or gridcell column index with respect to the
> total number of columns within the table, grid, or treegrid. See related
> aria-csize.
>
>
> If all items in a set are present in the document structure, it is not
> necessary to set this attribute, as the user agent can automatically
> calculate the column index of each cell or gridcell. However, if only a
> portion of the set is present in the document structure at a given moment,
> this property is needed to provide an explicit indication of an element's
> position.
>
>
> The following example shows columns 5 through 8 in a set of 16.
>
>
> <table role="grid">
>    <row>
>       <td role="gridcell" aria-cindex="5" aria-csize="16">A</td>
>       <td role="gridcell" aria-cindex="6" aria-csize="16">B</td>
>      <td role="gridcell" aria-cindex="7" aria-csize="16">C</td>
>      <td role="gridcell" aria-cindex="8" aria-csize="16">D</td>
>    </row>
> ...
> </table>
>
> aria-rindex (property)
>
>
> Defines a element's row index or position with respec to the total number
> rows within the
> table, grid, or treegrid. It is not required if all row elements in the
> set
> are present in the DOM. See related aria-rsize
>
> If all items in a set are present in the document structure, it is not
> necessary to set this attribute, as the user agent can automatically
> calculate the row index. However, if only a
> portion of the set is present in the document structure at a given moment,
> this property is needed to provide an explicit indication of an element's
> position.
>
> When applied to an element having a role of "row" the user agent must
> expose the proprety to assistive technologies on all descendant cells and
> gridcells in addition to the row it is applied to.
>
>
> The following example shows rows 3 through 5 in a set of 5.
>
>
> <table>
>    <row aria-rindex="3" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
>    <row aria-rindex="4" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
>    <row aria-rowindex="5" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
> </table>
>
> aria-ccount (property)
>
> Defines the number of columns in the current table or grid's set of
> columns.
>
>
> This property is marked on the members of a set, not the container element
> that collects the members of the set. To orient the user by saying an
> element is "item X out of Y," the assistive technologies would use X equal
> to the aria-colindex attribute and aria-csize equal to the aria-colsize
> attribute.
>
>
> If all items in a set are present in the document structure, it is not
> necessary to set this property, as the user agent can automatically
> calculate the number of number of columns. However, if only a
> portion of the set is present in the document structure at a given moment
> (in order to reduce document size), this property is needed to provide an
> explicit indication of set size.
>
> The following example shows items 5 through 8 in a set of 16.
>
>
> <table role="grid">
>    <row>
>       <td role="gridcell" aria-colindex="5" aria-csize="16">A</td>
>       <td role="gridcell" aria-colindex="6" aria-csize="16">B</td>
>      <td role="gridcell" aria-colindex="7" aria-csize="16">C</td>
>      <td role="gridcell" aria-colindex="8" aria-csize="16">D</td>
>    </row>
> ...
> </table>
>
>
>
> aria-rcount (property)
>
> Defines the number of rows in the current set of rows within a table,
> grid,
> or treegrid. Not required if all elements in the set are present in the
> DOM. See related aria-posinset.
>
>
> This property is marked on rows, or cells or gridcells contained within
> the
> containing row. To orient the user by saying an element is "item X out of
> Y," the assistive technologies would use X equal to the aria-rowindex
> attribute and Y equal to the aria-rsize attribute.
>
>
> If all items in a set are present in the document structure, it is not
> necessary to set this property, as the user agent can automatically
> calculate the number rows. However, if only a
> portion of the set is present in the document structure at a given moment
> (in order to reduce document size), this property is needed to provide an
> explicit indication of set size.
>
> When applied to an element having a role of "row" the user agent must
> expose the proprety to assistive technologies on all descendant cells and
> gridcells unless overridden by  applying the property directly to a
> descendant cell or gridcell.
>
>
>
> The following example shows rows 3 through 5 in a set of 5.
>
>
> <table>
>    <row aria-rowindex="3" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
>    <row aria-rowindex="4" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
>    <row aria-rowindex="5" aria-rsize="5">
>       <td>A</td>
>       <td>B</td>
>       <td>C</td>
>    </row>
> </table>
>
> Note: need to coordinate with Steve Faulkner new native host language
> semantics for TD and Table elements.
>
> Rich Schwerdtfeger
>
>
>