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Re: Seeking public feedback for W3C ARIA role=form landmark mapping

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 20, 2016 5:57PM

I'd propose to treat the form role the same way the region role is
treated, i.e. to expose it as a landmark only if it has an accessible
name.


On 4/19/16, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Schalk Neethling
> Senior Front-End Engineer
> Mozilla ::-::
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