343123 - (dhtmldocs) Update DHTML developer docs, track new issues here

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Aaron Leventhal]

We need to make sure that we keep developers informed about DHTML a11y:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Accessible_DHTML

First issue to remember, when checking for the role attribute:
In XHTML 1,x it looks for a non-namespaced role attribute first, then an XHTML 1.x role attribute, then an XHTML 2 role attribute.
In anything else it looks for the XHTML 1.x role attribute first, then an XHTML 2 role attribute

Comment 1

[Aaron Leventhal]

Some properties now work anywhere, no role required:
disabled, required, invalid, labelledby, describedby

Comment 2

[Aaron Leventhal]

Added support for some new roles and properties in bug 338337.

Comment 3

[Aaron Leventhal]

Relations:
+ controls, flowsto
relations don't require a role
labelledby, controls and describedby can take an idlist

Roles:
+alertdialog
-icon
+listbox (supports readonly and multiselect)
menuitem can have checked="mixed"
+menuitemcheckbox (-menuitemcheckable)
+grid (readonly, multiselectable)
+option (selected or checked)
spreadsheet deprecated
+table,td,th
treeitem can have checked="mixed"

Comment 4

[Aaron Leventhal]

Should we make sure that we mark what's new in Firefox 2? That will prevent developers with 1.5 on the system from being confused.

On the other hand, perhaps the doc could just be updated at the appropriate time, and contain a link to differences with Firefox 1.5.

Comment 5

[Mark Pilgrim (inactive)]

Done: new roles enumerated in comment 3, "supported version" idea from comment 4.

TODO: comment 0, comment 1, relations from comment 3.

Comment 6

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Automatically closing all bugs that have not been updated in a while. Please reopen if this is still important to you and has not yet been corrected.

Comment 7

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Reopening for review by Sheppy.

Comment 8

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

Let's close this and file new bugs for any actual issues (or just fix them). This is a very vague and very old bug.