Closed Bug 1608961 Opened 5 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Support new aria-description property

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(Core :: Disability Access APIs, enhancement, P2)

enhancement

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla75
Tracking Status
firefox75 --- fixed

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(Reporter: aaronlev, Assigned: MarcoZ)

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(Keywords: dev-doc-complete)

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The new ARIA 1.3 (still in draft) aria-description property can be used to provide a flat string description.
It's implemented in Chrome 81, currently behind a flag:
--enable-features=AccessibilityExposeARIAAnnotations

References:
ARIA spec issue: https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/891
ARIA spec pull request: https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/1137
Chrome issue: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1006767

Blocks: 1608975
Type: defect → enhancement
Priority: -- → P2

aria-description has now landed in ARIA 1.3 master branch (draft)
https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-description

Assignee: nobody → mzehe
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla75

Has a test in the test suite, doesn't need manual testing.

Flags: qe-verify-
Flags: in-testsuite+
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