404028 - AT-SPI not exposed on ARIA HTML using NS technique

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Scott Haeger]

The oldstyle workaround for ARIA HTML widgets involved using setAttributeNS() to 'inject' proper ARIA markup into the DOM, presumably because ARIA markup was not recognized by the HTML parser.  Recent changes to ARIA markup support for HTML has allowed web developers to use "aria-*" markup to bypass the Javascript initialization step.  The problem is that the oldstyle work around is broken and should not be to maintain backward compatibility.

Comment 1

[Scott Haeger]

Here is an example that illustrates the problem:
http://test.cita.uiuc.edu/aria/checkbox/view_html.php?title=Checkbox%20Example%201&ginc=includes/checkbox1.inc&gcss=css/checkbox1.css&gjs=../js/globals.js,../js/widgets.js,js/checkbox1.js

Comment 2

[Aaron Leventhal]

Incorrect markup -- don't use role in a namespace.