Re: [Accessibility-ia2] Mapping of aria-errormessage for ATK/AT-SPI2 and IA2

I thought aria-describedby could refer to multiple nodes. As such, I don't follow why authors were "stuck" when they wanted both an error message and a description. They could just put both in aria-describedby.

If you really do want errormessage to be treated as an entirely separate thing, then I have to change my position on this: we need a new relation and new events. If it's really such a new and separate thing, we don't have to worry about existing AT not getting the benefit.

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> On 25 Feb 2016, at 1:50 AM, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> Part of the rationale for introducing aria-errormessage was that authors were already using aria-describedby for the error message, but were stuck when they wanted to provide a description separate from the error message. Thus, a reason for introducing aria-errormessage was to distinguish it from the description.  Consider also that error messages are transient, whereas descriptions are not.
> 
> Conflating the two at the AAPI level is counterproductive.
> 
>> On 2016-02-23 6:20 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
>> Hey Jamie.
>> 
>> Yeah, we have a description property which is a string. Right now, I
>> don't have a strong feeling either way about whether aria-errormessage's
>> text belongs as part of that value. So if you think it should be there
>> in addition to exposed via the relationship pair, I don't mind.
>> 
>> --joanie
>> 
>>> On 02/23/2016 06:03 PM, James Teh wrote:
>>> >Sounds great. I'm happy with this mapping.
>>> >
>>> >Would this message be included in the concatenated description string
>>> >for an object? I'm not sure if ATK has this, but in MSAA (and thus IA2),
>>> >you can call the accDescription property and it provides the description
>>> >as a string. Right now, that would include the text of anything listed
>>> >in aria-describedby. I think it*should*  include the error message myself.
>>> >
>>> >Jamie
>>> >
>>> >On 24/02/2016 5:42 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
>>>> >>Hey all.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>We need to map aria-errormessage on the various platforms, including
>>>> >>ATK/AT-SPI2 and IA2. Given the ongoing desire for cross-platform
>>>> >>homogeneity, I'll toss out what I was thinking for my platform for
>>>> >>consideration by IA2 folks.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Proposal: Connect the message to the element with the error via the
>>>> >>RELATION_DESCRIBED_BY/RELATION_DESCRIPTION_FOR relation pair and expose
>>>> >>"errormessage" as an object attribute.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Rationale:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>1. An error message provides descriptive information about an object.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>2. Exposure via a relation eliminates the need to tree dive to find
>>>> >>     the error.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>3. Accessible relations can have multiple targets, so this exposure
>>>> >>     does not stomp on a non-error description while at the same time
>>>> >>     eliminating the need for each platform to create a new relation
>>>> >>     type(s).
>>>> >>
>>>> >>4. The object attribute is needed to identify which target (if any)
>>>> >>     is an error message.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Thoughts?
>>>> >>--joanie
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>>> >
> 
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