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Re: Seeking public feedback for W3C ARIA role=formlandmark mapping

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Apr 19, 2016 2:10PM


Currently form is already mapped as a subclass of landmark, this would simply bump them up in the accessibility API chain.

Functionality changes would be noticed most readily using NVDA and Orca, which is why we are seeking public feedback as to whether this change is desirable.



Bryan Garaventa
Accessibility Fellow
SSB BART Group, Inc.
<EMAIL REMOVED>
415.624.2709 (o)
www.SSBBartGroup.com


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Seeking public feedback for W3C ARIA role=form landmark mapping

How are forms currently mapped? or are they not mapped at all?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> Currently the W3C ARIA Working Group is looking into a mapping change
> for the 'form' role as documented at
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-wai-aria-1.1-20160317/#form
>
> At present, the form role is not mapped in the same manner as other
> landmark roles within the accessibility APIs, which is why certain
> landmark behaviors such as the ability to jump between landmark
> regions and other such features are not automatically available with forms.
>
> The current proposal is to remap form in the same manner as other
> landmarks to enable this functionality in the future, which will
> automatically apply to HTML form elements through their implicit role
> mappings to the ARIA role=form API mapping.
>
> So the question for the public is, do people want forms to act in the
> same manner as other landmarks?
>
> This feedback will be returned to the W3C ARIA WG for further
> consideration of this proposal.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
>
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Accessibility Fellow
> SSB BART Group, Inc.
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 415.624.2709 (o)
> www.SSBBartGroup.com
>
>
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >



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Schalk Neethling
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