Closed Bug 1210630 Opened 9 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Section elements with accessible names should be mapped the same as ARIA role region

Categories

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla65
Tracking Status
firefox65 --- fixed

People

(Reporter: jdiggs, Assigned: MarcoZ)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

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(1 file)

Steps to reproduce:
1. Load data:text/html,<section aria-label="foo">foo</section> in Firefox
2. Use Accerciser to examine the accessible role for the section element object

Expected results: As per the HTML accessibility mapping spec [1], it should be mapped the same as WAI-ARIA role region, the mapping for which can be found here [2].

Actual results: The section element is mapped to ROLE_SECTION in ATK (and IA2?). While that mapping is logical at first glance, it means the mapping for the div element and the mapping for the section element are the same.

To follow the specs precisely, if the section element has a name, it would be mapped to ATK_ROLE_LANDMARK. If Orca should treat a named section element as a landmark, that's perfect. If Orca should not treat a named section element as a landmark, mapping it to ATK_ROLE_PANEL would be the more appropriate mapping.

[1] https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/html-aam/html-aam.html#el-section
[2] https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/core-aam/core-aam.html#role-map-region
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Taking this.
Assignee: nobody → mzehe
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Pushed by mzehe@mozilla.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/be829221e462
Section elements with accessible names should be mapped the same as ARIA role region, r=Jamie
Depends on: 1501595
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/be829221e462
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla65
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