- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:04:31 +0100
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Hi Maciej, > Is it at all common to use an <a> element as a radio button, slider, scrollbar or progress bar? I don't believe I have ever seen any of those in the wild. the choice of roles is not based on common usage its based on an interpretation of the WAI-ARIA role taxonomy. regards Stevef On 16 June 2010 09:48, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:43 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote: > >> I would like to point out at this time that ian's counter proposal >> currently only pertains to role="button". my proposal, discussed and >> supported by the accessibility taskforce, >> (http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ARIAonanchor) relates >> to >> the following roles: button, link, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, >> menuitemradio, radio, slider, scrollbar or progressbar. > > Is it at all common to use an <a> element as a radio button, slider, scrollbar or progress bar? I don't believe I have ever seen any of those in the wild. > > Regards, > Maciej > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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