27159 2014-10-24 17:47:51 +0000 pattern-link does not address the need for author to manage navigation 2015-04-30 08:22:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified ARIA Practices 1.1 PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27160 P2 normal --- 1 a11ythinker w3cbugzilla w3cbugzilla oldest_to_newest 113720 0 a11ythinker 2014-10-24 17:47:51 +0000 According to specification, the author is responsible for managing navigation to a link target with a custom link. 120005 1 a11ythinker 2015-04-30 08:22:31 +0000 Added following note: <p class="note">Authors are strongly encouraged to use a native host language link element, such as an HTML <code>&lt;A&gt;</code> tag. As with other WAI-ARIA widget roles, applying the link role to an element will not cause browsers to enhance the element with standard link behaviors such as navigation to the link target or context menu actions. </p>