- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 01:27:34 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Yael.Aharon at nokia.com wrote: > > I have a couple of questions regarding the meter element. > > 1. I could not find the meter element in the tables in > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#annotations-for-assistive-technology-products-aria. > What is the ARIA role for the meter element? I don't think ARIA currently has one that is appropriate. > 2. From UA requirements for showing the gauge: When representing a meter > element to the user, the UA should indicate the relative position of the > actual value to the minimum and maximum values, and the relationship > between the actual value and the three regions of the gauge. Considering > that the default size of this element is 5em width and 1em height, how > should the 3 regions be represented by the UA? The simplest way is probably a flat bar with the regions coloured (e.g. green for the optimal region, red for the regions on the other end, yellow for the remaining region if any) and with a black notch showing where the value lies. HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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