ARIA should require DOM mutation event support for compliance.

• From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
• Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 23:43:04 -0800
• To: WAI XTech <wai-xtech@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <E9DF2354-9085-45B8-ABC4-5724E966B39C@apple.com>

Section 6.2.3 already requires support for the author to make  
arbitrary elements focusable.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/#host_general_focus

And the aria-activedescendant property definition already implies that  
authors should be able to monitor DOM changes made directly by the  
assistive technology or user agents. "Authors SHOULD capture changes  
to the activedescendant property, which can occur if the AT sets focus  
directly."
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/#aria-activedescendant

So the ARIA spec should require implementing user agents to support  
DOM mutation events.

Received on Monday, 8 December 2008 07:43:45 UTC