RE: Understanding doc 1.4.11, updates

About: “The 1st part of question 3 is: Do you agree that ‘functional states’ are covered by the current SC text”

My 2 cents, purely looking at “states”in the SC:

User Interface Components
Visual information required to identify user interface components<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-user-interface-components> and states<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-states>, except for inactive components or where the appearance of the component is determined by the user agent and not modified by the author;

And than the definition of “states”


state
dynamic property expressing characteristics of a user interface component that may change in response to user action or automated processes
States do not affect the nature of the component, but represent data associated with the component or user interaction possibilities. Examples include focus, hover, select, press, check, visited/unvisited, and expand/collapse.
I can not say otherwise than “yes” , they are part. (or the SC needs to be broken up to exempt those, or the definition need to be adjusted, but we won’t / can’t).



From: Alastair Campbell [mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com]
Sent: zondag 16 december 2018 0:24
To: Abma, J.D. (Jake) <Jake.Abma@ing.com>
Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: RE: Understanding doc 1.4.11, updates

Hi Jake,

> About 3, functional / value states will be even more of a discussion point when for instance adding ARIA states / values, as these were recently extended.

The 1st part of question 3 is: Do you agree that ‘functional states’ are covered by the current SC text.

Having agreed with 2 (“States do not have to be differentiated within the component, e.g. hover is not required”), we would need to establish how/why these other states are covered.

If the group decides that functional states aren’t covered (except that the component must maintain contrast) then we would look at another SC to fill the gap, such as the one Detlev suggested here:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/559


Cheers,

-Alastair



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