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Valerie Young edited this page Apr 1, 2022 · 109 revisions

Parity not planned

These elements are not mapped and thus no parity is planned for them: base, body, br, col, colgroup, data, head, html input (type=hidden), link, map (when used as an imagemap), meta, noscript, param, picture, script, source, style, template, title, track, wbr.

These elements are currently a WONTFIX due to an inability to achieve proper, accessible parity: audio, video.

Parity Achieved in ARIA <= 1.2

These ARIA roles provide parity for the elements listed.

  • article: article

  • blockquote: blockquote

  • button: button, input (type is button, image, reset, submit)

  • caption: caption, figcaption

  • cell: td and th (in a table that is not a grid)

  • checkbox: input (type is checkbox, parent is not menu)

  • code: code

  • columnheader: th (when it is a column header)

  • combobox: input (type is text, email, search, telephone, url with suggestions source element) (An additional attribute may be created in 1.3)

  • definition: dd

  • deletion: del

  • dialog: dialog

  • emphasis: em

  • figure: figure

  • form: form (with an accessible name)

  • generic (with no additional attribute): div, span, cite, footer and header (not scoped to body), form and section (without accessible name), tfoot, thead, details

  • generic (an additional attribute may be created in 1.3): abbr, address, b, i, kbd, mark, pre, q, s, samp, small, u, var

  • gridcell: td and th (in a table that is a grid)

  • group: optgroup

  • heading: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6

  • img: img, area (no href)

  • insertion: ins

  • link: a and area (when they represent a hyperlink)

  • list: ol and ul (an additional attribute may be created in 1.3)

  • listitem: li (parent is ol or ul)

  • listbox: datalist (when represents pre-defined options for input element), keygen, select (with multiple attribute or size > 1)

  • main: main

  • math: math

  • menuitem: a (when it represents a hyperlink and parent is a menu), input (type is button or image, parent is menu), menu (type is context), menuitem (type is command)

  • menuitemcheckbox: input (type is checkbox, parent is menu), menuitem (type is checkbox)

  • menuitemradio: input (type is radio, parent is menu), menuitem (type is radio)

  • meter: meter

  • navigation: nav

  • none/presentation: img (empty alt value)

  • option: option (in a list of options or represents a suggestion in a datalist)

  • paragraph: p

  • progressbar: progress

  • radio: input (type is radio, parent is not menu)

  • region: section (with accessible name)

  • rowgroup: tbody

  • rowheader: th (when it is a row header)

  • separator: hr

  • searchbox: input (type is search, no suggestions source element)

  • slider: input (type is range)

  • spinbutton: input (type is number)

  • status: output (Is this sufficient for all of output’s potential semantics?)

  • strong: strong

  • subscript: sub

  • summary: button role with aria-expanded

  • superscript: sup

  • table: table

  • textbox: input (type is text, email, search, telephone, url and no suggestions source element) (An additional attribute may be created in 1.3)

  • textbox + aria-multiline is true: textarea

  • term: dfn

  • time: time

Originally planned but moved out of 1.2, potentially to 1.3

label - label role (Needs: APG, AccName, 2 implementations)

fieldset, legend - legend role (Needs: APG, AccName, 2 implementations)

dl, dt, dd - associationlist, associationlistitemkey, associationlistitemvalue roles (Needs: Core-AAM, 2 implementations)

TODO - 1.3

  • a (no href) - triage needed

  • bdi - triage needed

  • bdo - triage needed

  • canvas (#927)

  • embed, object (#929) - Assigned to Scott

  • iframe (#879) - Assigned to Peter

  • input (type=color) (#930)

  • input (type=date) (#931)

  • input (type=datetime-local) (#932)

  • input (type=file) (#933)

  • input (type=month) (#934)

  • input (type=password) (#935)

  • input (type=time) (#936)

  • input (type=week) (#937)

  • rp, rt, ruby (also check with i18n) (#488)

  • aria-textattribute for role parity with generic (#960)

  • aria-listtype for role parity with ul and ol (#961) - Assigned to Harris

  • aria-inputtype for role parity (#962)

Template for Adding New Items

The following template should be used for all items whose role parity is being achieved by an addition to ARIA:

### $HTML_ELEMENT - $NEW_ROLE role
* ARIA:
** Editor's Draft: TODO
** Working Draft: TODO
* Core AAM:
** Editor's Draft: TODO
** Working Draft: TODO
* AccName: TODO
* Authoring Practices: TODO
* WPT: TODO
* Implementations:
** WebKit: TODO
** Gecko: TODO
** Blink: TODO
* Results: TODO

1.3 Planning

Tracking issue: FPWD

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