Re: [HTML-AAM] lang attributes exposed via acc APIs

Filed a bug on IE
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/1304677/html-lang-attribute-exposed-in-acc-layer


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SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>

On 4 May 2015 at 17:53, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been looking at how the HTML lang attribute is exposed in acc APIs
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> in IA2/APK it is exposed by the 'language' text-attribute object
> in OSX AX it is exposed via the AXLanguage property
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> So Firefox on windows/linux does expose
> Safari on OSX does (and presumably iOS)
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> IE/Edge does not
> Chrome does not
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> the implementation details for chrome are clear, but not for IE/Edge
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> Does UIA expose the lang attribute?
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> note:
> I have filed a bug on chrome/OSX as it doesn't expose lang currently
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=484228
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> It does not expose on windows either, but have learned that implementation
> of Ia2 text attributes in chrome is going to happen
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> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-accessibility/YTlaYKzaiXc
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> Regards
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> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
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