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Bug 11512 - Determine how IE handles aria-hidden
Summary: Determine how IE handles aria-hidden
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ARIA
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core AAM (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P1 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andi Snow-Weaver
QA Contact: ARIA UA Implementors
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Reported: 2010-12-09 16:14 UTC by Andi Snow-Weaver
Modified: 2011-01-21 15:49 UTC (History)
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Description Andi Snow-Weaver 2010-12-09 16:14:50 UTC 
Needed to resolve ACTION 666: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/actions/666
Comment 1 Cynthia Shelly 2011-01-06 20:39:06 UTC 
IE leaves the element in the tree and sets the MSAA invisible state, as described here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc891505(v=VS.85).aspx

W3C ARIA States and Properties	Microsoft Active Accessibility Properties
aria-hidden 
STATE_SYSTEM_INVISIBLE

I tested this in IE9 Beta.
Comment 2 Andi Snow-Weaver 2011-01-21 15:49:08 UTC 
Discussed via e-mail. 

The conclusion is that user agents MAY leave elements with aria-hidden="true" in the accessibility tree. UAIG updates complete.