28413 2015-04-06 20:20:05 +0000 Clarify use of aria-label on elements with no role 2018-05-14 16:42:04 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified ARIA Spec 1.0 PC Linux RESOLVED MOVED P2 normal --- 1 dmazzoni jcraig w3cbugzilla oldest_to_newest 119260 0 dmazzoni 2015-04-06 20:20:05 +0000 Developers are confused about what should happen if you put an aria-label on an element with no role, like an empty <div> element. While most browsers do interpret the aria-label and expose it, some screen readers ignore it. For example: <div aria-label="Label">Text</div> Firefox exposes "Label" as the accName, but "Text" as the IAccessibleText, and Windows screen readers read out "Text". Safari+VoiceOver is different, VoiceOver reads out "Label". Do you think the current Windows end-user behavior is correct, or not? Should we clarify the spec to make it crystal-clear that adding aria-label on any random element does not necessarily override that element's text, or should we change the current behavior? Note that elements without an ARIA role can still get a label, it depends on computed role, not the ARIA role. As an example: <h3 aria-label="ARIA Heading">Text Heading</h3> Every browser and screen reader combination I tested read out "ARIA Heading" here, not "Text Heading". 129241 1 w3cbugzilla 2018-05-14 16:42:04 +0000 https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/756