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Bug 23339 - Making distinction between accessibleName and accessibleDescription
Summary: Making distinction between accessibleName and accessibleDescription
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Using ARIA in HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
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Keywords: a11y
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Reported: 2013-09-24 12:42 UTC by dmacdona
Modified: 2013-09-25 08:49 UTC (History)
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Description dmacdona 2013-09-24 12:42:09 UTC 
In section 2.8 ... We should explain the way that aria-labelledby reports to the accessible api and the way aria-describedby does, making the distinction between the accDescription and accName... particularly in form fields where there is extra instructions besides the label..... understanding that aria-labelledby will override the html label element for the accName spot in the API... and giving an example of aria describedby...how it provides extra information via the accDescription