Re: Aria roles

In some of those cases is may lead to something happening that is not
expected; for example, if something appears as a radio button but functions
as a link, then a user clicking on the radio is not expecting a new page to
load. In that case I'd look to 3.2.2 On Input- a user thinks they are only
changing a field, but then a new page loads, which is a "change of context."


Laura


On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:08 AM Bristow, Alan <Alan.Bristow@elections.ca>
wrote:

> ​Hi Sarah,
>
> The ARIA spec is your friend here
> https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrule
>
> It says:
>
> If you *can* use a native HTML element [HTML51
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#bib-html51>] or attribute with the
> semantics and behavior you require *already built in*, instead of
> re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to
> make it accessible*, then do so*.
>
> W3's emphasis, not mine (though I agree with it entirely).
>
> So while sometimes a restrictive back-end will not allow a particular type
> of HTML in a location, and then perhaps ARIA is needed to bend the "wrong"
> HTML to the role, this is sad and clearly not ideal (a better back-end
> publishing system would be an improvement).
>
> In a11y audits, generally I look for ARIA being used where there is not
> an HTML alternative; where it is adding to the HTML story rather than
> replacing it. For example, an open menu using aria-expanded="true" (etc) is
> a great addition to the semantics of a page.
>
> I hope that's helpful and not too ARIA-101.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
> -Alan Bristow
> Web Programmer
> Elections Canada
> alan.bristow@elections.ca
>
>
>
>
> From: Ms J <ms.jflz.woop@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 8:51 AM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: Aria roles
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
> I was wondering if there was anything that specified whether aria roles
> should be applied to specific elements. For example, I have often seen
> websites implement a lot of their functionality using links, and then give
> the links new aria roles  such as ‘button’ or ‘radio’ to indicate their
> purpose rather than using the proper element in the first instance. Is this
> likely to cause any issues?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Sarah
>
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