1358462 - Elements with role="region" and no accessible name should be mapped according to host language

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Joanmarie Diggs]

Steps to reproduce:
1. Load data:text/html,<div role="region">foo</div>
2. Use Accerciser to examine the element

Expected results: the element would have ROLE_SECTION
Actual results: the element has ROLE_PANEL

The Core AAM states: "Special case: if the region does not have an accessible name, do not expose the element as a landmark. Use the native host language role of the element instead." https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/core-aam/core-aam.html#role-map-region

Comment 1

[Joanmarie Diggs]

Making this a depends on bug 1378160 because my patch-in-progress to handle the no-name scenario described here assumes the thing is a landmark; not a pane. And it won't be a landmark until 1378160 is addressed.

Comment 2

[Joanmarie Diggs]

Attachment: proposed patch

Note that this patch expects/requires the patch for bug 1378160. The fix for that bug is where roles::REGION (used here) gets added to Gecko.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/2286518951eb
Elements with role="region" and no accessible name should be mapped according to host language. r=MarcoZ

Comment 4

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2286518951eb