16656 2012-04-07 07:53:03 +0000 Mapping of accessible actions from native semantics when overridden by @role 2012-04-18 11:36:50 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML a11y APIs (editor: Steve Faulkner, Cynthia Shelly) unspecified PC All NEW a11y P2 normal --- 1 bhawkeslewis faulkner.steve hans.hillen mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking surkov.alexander sideshowbarker+html-a11y-api oldest_to_newest 66499 0 bhawkeslewis 2012-04-07 07:53:03 +0000 In a recent email, Firefox developer Alexander Surkov writes: > <a role=link href><img alt="Lorem ipsum."></a> > role of html:a is link, action is "jump" > role of img accessible is image, action is "jump" (inherited from > html:a accessible) > > <a role=img href> > role is html:a accessbile is image, action is "jump" since it's a > still link after all. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2012Apr/0020.html It is non-obvious that actions from native semantics should continue to be exposed to accessibility APIs when those semantics are overridden. Whether this is right or wrong, sounds like something the implementation guide should explicitly discuss.