Re: use of aria-hidden to provide a text description not visible on the page.

hi leif,
so are you saying it shouldn't do what it does?

the definition of aria-hidden starts with

"Indicates that the element is not visible or perceivable to any user."
http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#aria-hidden

which is exactly the same sentence in the definition of hidden you cited:
"Indicates that the element is not visible or perceivable to any user."

also I got the idea from James Craig's email that my interpretation was
confirmed.

"That's correct. The label of visible elements should still be exposed to
accessibility APIs (as a computed string), even if the labeling element
(that contained all or some of that string) is hidden."

regards
stevef


On 10 September 2010 19:55, Leif Halvard Silli <
xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote:

> Steven Faulkner, Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:42:32 +0100:
>
> >>Did you by "should it be given that the div is hidden?"
> > No i was hoping to get confirmation that the behaviour exhibited is
> > indeed correct in regards to the aria spec, it seems pretty clear to
> > me that it is, I am just surprised by it.
>
> I think you misread ARIA 1.0 -  it says: [1]
>
> ]] Skip hidden elements unless the author specifies to use them via an
> aria-labelledby or aria-describedby  [ snip ]. [[
>
> Note that it says "hidden elements". It does not say "aria-hidden
> elements". The word 'hidden' has a definition: [2]
>
> ]] Hidden
> Indicates that the element is not visible or perceivable to any user.
> Note: Authors are reminded that visibility:hidden and display:none
> apply to all CSS media types; therefore, use of either will hide the
> content from all renderers, regardless of modality. Authors using other
> techniques (for example, opacity or off-screen positioning) to visibly
> 'hide' content should ensure the aria-hidden attribute is updated
> accordingly.[[
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#textalternativecomputation
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/complete#def_hidden
> --
> leif halvard silli
>



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Steve Faulkner
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