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

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Nov 20, 2023 10:53AM

There is currently an open issue related to `aria-expanded` in the ARIA
APG, to also require it to be set to `false` when the menu is closed. It
would be a good place to raise the question of usefulness, so iit's purpose
could be more fully explained. The APG pays attention to external comments
that are raised in issues, so I encourage you to comment.

[Issue #2834: Revise menu button examples to declare aria-expanded="false"
when collapsed](https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/2834)


On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 8:15 PM Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
> Typically it's not that useful to have aria-expanded on a standalone menu
> button, but it is, however, very useful on a menu item within a menu.
>
> The value isn't necessarily with keyboard navigable screen readers like
> JAWS and NVDA, but rather with touch-based screen readers like VoiceOver on
> iOS. You can try this out here:
> https://whatsock.com/Templates/Menus/Internal/index.htm
>
> The expanded state is announced so that the submenu list hierarchy is
> clear during touch navigation.
>
> All the best,
> Bryan
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