27295 2014-11-10 18:42:01 +0000 role and aria-* content attributes should be reflected DOM attributes 2016-04-20 21:30:02 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified PC All RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 enhancement --- 1 jcraig dave.null arronei d faulkner.steve jcraig mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking robin schwer surkov.alexander zcorpan public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 114757 0 jcraig 2014-11-10 18:42:01 +0000 role and aria-* content attributes should be reflected DOM attributes. Element.role should reflect @role. Element.ariaLabel should reflect @aria-label. (all aria-* attires, not just this one) 114784 1 zcorpan 2014-11-11 10:41:05 +0000 Why? This goes against the original design of ARIA. ARIA was supposed to work in AT+browser combinations even if the browser does not support ARIA (like IE6). Using DOM attributes means that the information is not available as a content attribute in browsers that don't support the DOM attribute, which means it's not accessible. 114885 2 faulkner.steve 2014-11-13 11:02:47 +0000 see discussion threads here http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2014Oct/thread.html#msg120 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2014Nov/thread.html#msg105 114889 3 zcorpan 2014-11-13 12:34:47 +0000 Those threads seem to be discussing getting the computed role and label. Not getting the attribute value (when it has multiple roles). And not setting. I don't see reflected DOM attribute mentioned. 125978 4 arronei 2016-04-20 21:30:02 +0000 HTML5.1 Bugzilla Bug Triage: This bug constitutes a request for a new feature of HTML. Our current guidelines, rather than track such requests as bugs or issues, is to create a proposal for the desired behavior, or at least a sketch of what is wanted (much of which is probably contained in this bug), and start the discussion/proposal in the WICG (https://www.w3.org/community/wicg/). As your idea gains interest and momentum, it may be brought back into HTML through the Intent to Migrate process (https://wicg.github.io/admin/intent-to-migrate.html).