RE: Valid usage of application mode

Sean, you are right on both points ... As author of the changes made to the application role for ARIA 1.1, I'm very glad to see that people are really starting to understand both the significant risks and occasionally important benefits of using it. With broadly improved understanding, I hope we will see less and less incorrect and damaging useage. 

I like this discussion. I am saving some of it for ideas for the ARIA Authoring Practices. It's hard to come up with really understandable application role examples for the APG.

Matt King

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Subject: RE: Valid usage of application mode

Mohith

I would thought the use of a grid would have address the use of using arrow keys in a calendar. As you could associate an javascript keyboard event to the grid removing the need of application mode.

The 2nd point is something I see to often and developers need to address that issue. :-)

Using an application role to get around poor coding is not a good practice as you have already outline.

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From: Mohith BP <mohith.ckm49@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Valid usage of application mode

Hi Sean,

As discussed in WAI ARIA usually role application is used to pass the keystrokes directly to the browser instead of intercepted by the screen readers.

Few examples are:
1. Calendar widget where you need to provide 2d arrow key navigation.
2. At times for custom controls if the engineers have not coded Java Script properly, when screen reader is on Enter / spacebar does not activate the custom element. Instead of fixing the issue few people tend to use role application which is not right practice.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 7/10/18, Sean Murphy (seanmmur) <seanmmur@cisco.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm very interested in finding out people's opinions on when or when 
> role equals quote application quote should be used. What examples of 
> webpages this is a valid usage or areas of the web UI.
>
> As I'm finding more and more webpages are using application role 
> incorrectly. For example people using application in dialogues, forms, ETC.
>
>
>
> Sean M thisurphy
> SR ENGINEER.SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
> seanmmur@cisco.com
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