8679 2010-01-08 09:58:46 +0000 Menu example contains a violation of WCAG 2.0 2010-10-04 14:30:10 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/interactive-elements.html#menus-intro a11y P2 normal --- 1 gez.lemon ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 30753 0 gez.lemon 2010-01-08 09:58:46 +0000 The menu example includes scripting that causes a change of context [1] when the select element is changed: <select id="goto" onchange="if (this.options[this.selectedIndex].value) window.location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value"> This is a violation of WCAG 2.0 3.2.2 [2]: Changing the setting of any user interface component does not automatically cause a change of context. Suggest removing the onchange event handler from this example. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#context-changedef [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#consistent-behavior-unpredictable-change 31532 1 ian 2010-02-05 22:59:32 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Accepted Change Description: see diff given below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 31533 2 contributor 2010-02-05 23:00:25 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r4663. Check-in comment: Comment out the onchange='' handler since it's poor practice. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4662&to=4663 31826 3 cooper 2010-02-11 17:26:42 +0000 Per the proposal at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Jan/0245.html, the HTML A11Y TF does not plan to formally work on this issue at this time. This does not mean the TF has no interest in it, but does not have immediate plans to work on it. The TF may review the issue in the future.