W3C

– DRAFT –
ARIA Authoring Practices Task Force

02 September 2025

Attendees

Present
arigilmore, Curt, howard-e, Jemma, lola, Matt_King
Regrets
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Chair
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Scribe
Jemma

Meeting minutes

<Jem> Meeting agenda: https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/wiki/September-2%2C-2025-Agenda

<Jem> agenda: set up and review agenda

set up and review agenda

<Jem> mck: we will skip some meeting topics because we are missing the issue contributor.

Publication Planning

<Jem> Pending:

<Jem> Waiting on fix to issue on mobile: PR 3213: All Pages: Update SkipTo feature to version 5.8 by jongund

<Jem> Waiting on reviews from Matt and Ari: PR 3311: Add note about pointer activation and roving tabindex/aria-activedescendant by patrickhlauke

<Jem> mck: We will push some of the issues to the third week of September.

PR 3328: Add Quantity Spin Button

<Jem> Siri's feedback w3c/aria-practices#3328 (comment)

<Jem> Github:w3c/aria-practices#3328

<arigilmore> https://react.carbondesignsystem.com/?path=/story/components-numberinput--default try typing in 500 to see the error

<Jem> There is the error for resetting it as max numbers. we should allow our user to type invalid numbers but given an error.

Issue 3353: Select-Only Combobox example: list popup not operable with arrows when Voice Over is on

<Jem> github:w3c/aria-practices#3353

<Jem> We may need to test this again. Matt was not able to reproduce this.

<Jem> arie: tabbing and entering into the combox bo and able to use my arrorw.

<Jem> mck: we verified it works correctly with voiceover runing when quick nav is turned off.

<Jem> ..quick nav option will try to move the focus to the next rotor item instead of letting the focus into combo box options.

Issue 3355: feedback on Image Carousel with Tabs for Slide Control

<Jem> github: w3c/aria-practices#3355

<Jem> We are open to modification of the design, which replace the use of ARIA live region with the use of aria described by.

Issue 3319: Use of ABBR in date picker

<Jem> we discussed the topic and did not land on the clear next step yet. The discussion will be continued.

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