371167 - ARIA link role should create name from children

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Aaron Leventhal]

When a <span role="wairole:link">Link content</span> gets focused, a screen reader needs to speak the link content. Therefore the name of the link should reflect the children.

Comment 1

[Aaron Leventhal]

Attachment: Table entry change for link

Already updated wiki http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/ARIA:_Accessible_Rich_Internet_Applications

Comment 2

[David Bolter [:davidb] (NeedInfo me for attention)]

Comment on attachment 255946 [details] [diff] [review]
Table entry change for link

Looks good. Nice small fix. Should the wiki also mention the labelledby case of eNameOkFromChildren?

Comment 3

[Aaron Leventhal]

Probably. Right now it just mentions that labelledby is a universal property. If you can think of a nicer, cleaner way to specify all that it'd be great. There are really just two cases for how name can be calculated:
1) Descendents can create the name
2) They can't

In both cases, labelledby and title are alternative ways to create the name. If I'm honest about it, I don't even remember which takes precedence. Probably labelledby, then title, then the children? The wiki should say that.