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Bug 13705 - ISSUE-444: Determine if IE modifies the DOM
Summary: ISSUE-444: Determine if IE modifies the DOM
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: ARIA
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core AAM (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P1 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cynthia Shelly
QA Contact: ARIA UA Implementors
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Reported: 2011-08-08 13:06 UTC by Andi Snow-Weaver
Modified: 2011-08-10 19:37 UTC (History)
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Description Andi Snow-Weaver 2011-08-08 13:06:57 UTC 
FF modifies the DOM in the following two cases:

* aria-activedescendant when the AT requests, via the API, for the focus to be moved

* aria-selected when the AT requests, via the API, for the selection to be changed

Does IE also modify the DOM in these or any other cases?

The issue is that the ARIA spec has a normative MUST statement prohibiting UAs from modifying the DOM. We need an implementation in addition to Safari or ARIA will fail CR.
Comment 1 Andi Snow-Weaver 2011-08-10 19:37:03 UTC 
See ACTION-444 for response to this.