- From: Mark Rogers via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:16:20 +0000
- To: public-svg-issues@w3.org
dd8 has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/svg-aam: == Implementation role mapping for SVG elements == This issue tracks the role mappings for each element listed in svg-aam with the roles shown in DevTools in each browser. 'As spec' indicates where implementations match svg-aam. Summary of findings: - Chrome maps graphics elements like `rect` to role=graphics-symbol (does match spec) - Safari and Firefox map graphics elements like `rect` to role=image (doesn't match spec) - the `text` element is mapped to role=generic in all browsers (svg-aam says role=group) - the mappings for `tspan` and `textPath` are messy and an open issue in the spec | Element | svg-aam (spec) |Chrome |FF |Safari |Notes | | --------------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| | a with href | role=link | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | a no href | role=group or tspan role| Ignored | role=link | role=link | | | animate | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | animateMotion | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | animateTransform | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | circle (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | circle (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | clipPath | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | defs | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | desc | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | ellipse (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | ellipse (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | fe* filters | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | filter | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | foreignObject (excluded) | Ignored | role=none | As spec | As spec | | | foreignObject (included) | role=group | role=none | role=generic | role=generic | | | g (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | g (included) | role=group | As spec | role=image | As spec | | | image (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | role=image | | | image (included) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | line (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | line (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | linearGradient | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | marker | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | mask | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | metadata | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | mpath | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | path (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | path (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | pattern | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | polygon (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | polygon (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | polyline (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | polyline (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | radialGradient | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | rect (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | rect (included) | role=graphics-symbol | As spec | role=image | role=image | | | script | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | set | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | stop | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | style | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | svg | role=graphics-document | Heuristics | As spec | Heuristics | | | switch | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | symbol (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | symbol (included) | role=graphics-object | Ignored | role=nothing | Ignored | Spec ambiguous | | text | role=group | role=generic | role=generic | role=generic | | | textPath | Open issue 2 | Ignored* | Text leaf | Ignored* | *Presentional? | | title | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | | tspan | Open issue 2 | Ignored* | Text leaf | Ignored* | *Presentional? | | use (excluded) | Ignored | As spec | As spec | role=image | | | use (included) | role=graphics-object | As spec | role=nothing | Ignored | | | view | Ignored | As spec | As spec | As spec | | Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/svg-aam/issues/52 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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