8318 2009-11-16 22:02:59 +0000 Raise ARIA TF issue - why do we need role="log"? 2010-03-30 14:57:05 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified ARIA Core AAM 1.0 PC Windows XP RESOLVED WONTFIX P1 normal --- 1 andi.snowweaver dbolter aria-ua-impl oldest_to_newest 29598 0 andi.snowweaver 2009-11-16 22:02:59 +0000 From 13 October 2009 UAI TF meeting: DB: log - role that is a handy way to get a live region ... like a table that is kind of an online chat - rows get added dynamically ... experience is degraded unless use underlying markup ... browser should expose what it would expose if role="log" was not there and add aria-live attribute CS: maybe this is a strong/native semantic thing - log should not override table ... but if put it on a div, then it should change the role DB: use of log should be for making something live, not changing the role semantic CS: need a note - comments column - or footnote - if log is placed on something that has its own mapping, should not change ...if it's placed on something that doesn't have its own mapping, like div, maybe it does have a mapping, still open for discussion ... in all cases, it makes it a live region ... question is why does this even exist? DB: expose as live attribute - polite but not in the DOM CS: might make sense to add to DOM ... why do we even need log? can just add aria-live attribute DB: note that there is a similar HTML 5 element http://www.w3.org/2009/10/13-aapi-minutes.html