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Re: What's the point of aria-expanded on a menu button?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 15, 2023 11:09AM

On 15/11/2023 17:13, Jonathan Michael Bodnar via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> From a component design perspective the button to toggle the menu would be external to the collapsible region of the menu, or external to the menu, and reachable regardless of the menu state. The aria-expanded attribute indicates the state of the menu the button controls.

But a proper menu sets focus to the first menu item when the menu is
opened, and if you try to tab/move out of the menu, the menu is closed
again. So you don't normally encounter the menu button itself while the
menu is also opened. Which is why it's, in practice, redundant (unless
you're doing something unusual and *don't* autoclose the menu when
moving out of it, which sounds...odd; or if you're actually opening
something that isn't a menu as such, but more like a disclosure widget?)

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