>>>>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:19:08 -0500, Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com> said:
KM> Did we ever complete the discussion of this topic? I see Ed added a role
KM> attribute, but is there more that needs to be done?
That's an open question, but we've not really addressed it in JSF 2.2.
>>>>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:28:51 +0100, Frank Caputo <frank_at_frankcaputo.de> said:
FC> I've never done anything with WAI-ARIA. But if it is all about
FC> attributes, can't you simply do this with passthrough attributes?
FC> And if so, do we really need the new role attribute?
Technically, you are correct, but it was a requested feature and I
judged it better to just add it natively.
>>>>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:38:36 +0200, Ça said:
CC> I do a lot of work on WAI-ARIA for PrimeFaces regarding screen
CC> readers, keyboard and mouse access.
CC> Pass thru attributes should handle some of the cases but the state
CC> attributes like aria-disabled, aria-selected, aria-readonly should
CC> be handled by component. I guess screen readers can also consider
CC> disabled attribute is aria-disabled is not there.
CC> Not sure if from a spec point of view, there should be a concern as
CC> WAI-ARIA is about accessible "rich" internet applications and core
CC> JSF component are basic elements not (tablist, dialog, spinner) so
CC> component libraries should take care of it out of the spec.
This is a great point.
CC> One part spec could handle is aria-live related to ajax updates so
CC> screen reader can jump to update part of the page.
>>>>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:00:44 -0500, Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com> said:
KM> Added a spec issue for this:
KM>
http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1159.
Would it be enough to just add aria-live, aria-relevant, and
aria-describedby attributes to <f:ajax>, passing through their values?
Ed
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