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Re: Invalid ARIA attribute value - is this a problem?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 19, 2017 6:28AM

Mark

No, not really.
All that aria-controls does (in some screen reader/browser
combination) is to enable the user to move from the controlling
element to the controlled element (e.g. with a keyboard shortcut).
In your construct those elments are consecutive in the code/navigation
order so that option is unlikely to ever be used.
It's good to have this relationship from a semantic correctness
perspective and future compatibility (once browser/a.t. vendors come
up with more innovative ways to take advantage), but for now the
impact to the user is minimal to none.
-B

On 6/19/17, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Quick question, I hope. aXe is reporting an invalid ARIA attribute value
> aria-controls="navbar-dropdown-option-1-dropdown" in the following code for
> a mega-menu.
>
> <button aria-expanded="false"
> aria-controls="navbar-dropdown-option-1-dropdown">
> <div id="navbar-dropdown-option-1-dropdown" aria-hidden="false">
>
> Investigation reveals that the div in the second line is only being added to
> the DOM when the mega-menu is opened. So technically, aXe is right because
> the id doesn't exist until then. But is this likely to cause any issues in
> practice?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> Mark Magennis
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