12591 2011-05-04 02:01:39 +0000 restrict img from taking @role=presentation whenever img provides link text 2016-04-07 15:38:49 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML a11y APIs (editor: Steve Faulkner, Cynthia Shelly) unspecified PC All RESOLVED MOVED a11y, a11ytf, aria P3 normal --- 1 xn--mlform-iua faulkner.steve bhawkeslewis chaals laura.lee.carlson mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking w3c xn--mlform-iua sideshowbarker+html-a11y-api oldest_to_newest 47923 0 xn--mlform-iua 2011-05-04 02:01:39 +0000 Restrict img from taking @role=presentation whenever img provides link text. Suggested method for solving this bug: in the #table-aria-weak, then, for "img element whose alt attribute's value is present and not empty", add a restriction in the third column saying that for img elements whose alt attribute is used to provide link text, then role=presentation MUST NOT be used. See: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-1#a-link-or-button-containing-nothing-but-the-image. 48443 1 w3c 2011-05-10 15:37:25 +0000 Bug-triage sub-team adding the a11yTF keyword because this issue is already discussed in the TF and related to ongoing work regarding @alt validation. 92142 2 faulkner.steve 2013-08-16 09:06:20 +0000 (In reply to comment #0) > Restrict img from taking @role=presentation whenever img provides link text. > > Suggested method for solving this bug: in the #table-aria-weak, then, for > "img element whose alt attribute's value is present and not empty", add a > restriction in the third column saying that for img elements whose alt > attribute is used to provide link text, then role=presentation MUST NOT be > used. > > See: > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-1#a-link-or-button-containing- > nothing-but-the-image. Hi leif, we are looking at the approriateness of role=presentation for <img> without alt at the moment see bug https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22930 125757 3 chaals 2016-04-07 15:38:49 +0000 Moved to aria-in-html github: https://github.com/w3c/aria-in-html/issues/16