Bugs/accepted

Initial Set of "A11y" Bugs which Were Determined to Have the "A11yTF" Keyword Applied to Them

In January 2009, the HTML Accessibility Task force decided to track the following initial set of bugs.

Aria Bugs

ARIA integration or harmonization issues.

1. 8740: How do pseudo-class selectors interact with WAI-ARIA? Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Canvas Bugs

These bugs pertain to HTML Issue 74 canvas accessibility.

1. 7011: canvas accessible fallback provision is under specified Reported by Steve Faulkner. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 7404: "but only if the element is being rendered" needs to take into account <canvas> descendants if we're making them focusable Reported by contributor@whatwg.org. Accepted February 11, 2010.
3. 8722: focus behavior should be same for canvas regions as for elements Reported by Steve Faulkner. Accepted February 11, 2010.

For the history of the canvas issue visit the Canvas Element Accessibility Issues Wiki Page.

Display Bugs

These bugs pertain to display rules and quirks for features.

1. 8144: Is a 'visibility: hidden' element being rendered? Reported by contributor@whatwg.org. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 8652: what to display when images are not available is not well specified Reported by Steve Faulkner. Accepted February 11, 2010.
3. 8657: Allow UA to reload fallback content if it fails to load Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
4. 8673: Restriction on command element as part of a menu Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
5. 8681: Separator menu items Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
6. 8743: Auditory icons clashing with AT Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
7. 8750: User able to override the hidden attribute in incorrectly rendered pages Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
8. 8751: User should have ability to override automatic scrolling Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
9. 8754: Overflow when text is resized Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Drag and Drop Bugs

These bugs pertain to accessibility of drag and drop.

1. 7721: Drag and Drop is not keyboard accessible Reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 8753: Undo for drag and drop Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Focus Bugs

These bugs pertain to management and reaction to keyboard focus.

1. 8622 Activation behaviour and pre-click activation Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 8647: Define tab order for IFrame Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
3. 8666: Keyboard accessible date pickers Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
4. 8682: Tab and reading order for context menus Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
5. 8723: image map is underspecified Reported by Steve Faulkner. Accepted February 11, 2010.
6. 8738: Role-based navigation Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
7. 8752: Allow user to manage focus changes Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Label Bugs

These bugs pertain to how to label elements (distinct from text alternatives).

1. 8554 <progress> element should be labelable with a label Reported by Maciej Stachowiak. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 8648: Title attribute on the IFrame element Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Media Bugs

These bugs pertain to HTML Issue 9 video accessibility.

1. 5758: insufficient accessibility fallback for <audio> or <video> Reported by Jim Jewett. Accepted February 4, 2010.

1. 8187: Section 4.8.7 on video makes no reference to audio description Reported by Kelly Ford. Accepted February 11, 2010.

1. 8659: Media events to indicate captions and audio descriptions Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 4, 2010.

For the history of the audio video issue visit the Multimedia Accessibility <Audio> <Video> Wiki Page.

Semantics Bugs

Full set of required semantics don't appear to be defined.

1. 8747: Defining how a license applies to elements Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.

Table Summary Bugs

These bugs directly pertain to HTML Issue 32.

1. 7539: Since @summary is an official part of the table element, it is no longer obsolete. Suffienct warning language exists in it's definition that this entry should be removed Reported by contributor@whatwg.org. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 7633: The use of @summary should be encouraged when circumstances warrant Reported by Shelley Powers. Accepted February 11, 2010.

For the history of the Table Summary Issue visit the Mechanism to Summarize a Table Wiki Page.

Text Alternative Bugs

Most of these bugs directly pertain to HTML Issue 31 text alternatives.

1. 6494: Make the requiredness about alt more obvious Reported by Simon Pieters. Accepted February 11, 2010.
2. 7362: inclusion of the title as a case where the alt may be omitted is problematic Reported by Steve Faulkner. Accepted February 11, 2010.
3. 8171: Implement the text alternatives proposal from WAI Reported by Michael Cooper. Accepted February 11, 2010.
4. 8524: Guidance for Authoring Tool Markup Generators Reported by Jeanne Spellman. Accepted February 11, 2010.
5. 8644: Fallback mechanism for embedded content Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
6. 8645: Alt text for images Reported by Gez Lemon. Accepted February 11, 2010.
7. 8716: Replace img Guidance for Conformance Checkers with Suggested Text for Short Text Alternatives Reported by Laura Carlson. Accepted February 11, 2010.

For the history of the Text Alternative Issue visit the Text Alternatives on <img> Wiki Page.

All Bugs Accepted

1. 5758: insufficient accessibility fallback for <audio> or <video> [media]
2. 6494: Make the requiredness about alt more obvious [text alternatives]
3. 7011: canvas accessible fallback provision is under specified [canvas]
4. 7362: inclusion of the title as a case where the alt may be omitted is problematic [text alternatives]
5. 7404: "but only if the element is being rendered" needs to take into account <canvas> descendants if we're making them focusable [canvas]
6. 7539: Since @summary is an official part of the table element, it is no longer obsolete. Suffienct warning language exists in it's definition that this entry should be removed [summary]
7. 7633: The use of @summary should be encouraged when circumstances warrant [summary]
8. 7721: Drag and Drop is not keyboard accessible [drag and drop]
9. 8144: Is a 'visibility: hidden' element being rendered? [display]
10. 8171: Implement the text alternatives proposal from WAI [text alternatives]
11. 8187: Section 4.8.7 on video makes no reference to audio description [media]
12. 8524: Guidance for Authoring Tool Markup Generators [text alternatives]
13. 8554<progress> element should be labelable with a label [labels]
14. 8622 Activation behaviour and pre-click activation [focus]
15. 8644: Fallback mechanism for embedded content [text alternatives]
16. 8645: Alt text for images [text alternatives]
17. 8647: Define tab order for IFrame [focus]
18. 8648: Title attribute on the IFrame element [labels]
19. 8652: what to display when images are not available is not well specified [display]
20. 8657: Allow UA to reload fallback content if it fails to load [display]
21. 8659: Media events to indicate captions and audio descriptions [media]
22. 8666: Keyboard accessible date pickers [focus]
23. 8673: Restriction on command element as part of a menu [display]
24. 8681: Separator menu items [display]
25. 8682: Tab and reading order for context menus [focus]
26. 8716: Replace img Guidance for Conformance Checkers with Suggested Text for Short Text Alternatives [text alternatives]
27. 8722: focus behavior should be same for canvas regions as for elements [canvas]
28. 8723: image map is underspecified [focus]
29. 8738: Role-based navigation [focus]
30. 8740: How do pseudo-class selectors interact with WAI-ARIA? [aria]
31. 8743: Auditory icons clashing with AT [display]
32. 8747: Defining how a license applies to elements [semantics
33. 8750: User able to override the hidden attribute in incorrectly rendered pages [display]
34. 8751: User should have ability to override automatic scrolling [display]
35. 8752: Allow user to manage focus changes [focus]
36. 8753: Undo for drag and drop [drag and drop]
37. 8754: Overflow when text is resized [display]

Bugs with No Decision Yet

• Bugs Awaiting "A11yTF" Keyword Decision

Bug Proposal: January 21, 2010

On January 21,2010 it was proposed that the Accessibility Task Force accept 39 bugs