Re: AccName test expectations bug + prototype bug?

Aw hell. Two spaces? I'll comment on the issue as I think user agents
might be simplifying whitespace. (Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.)

Thanks!
--joanie

On 09/12/2018 04:47 PM, Carolyn MacLeod wrote:
> Ah, good.
>  
> So I agree with your initial assessment that the accessible name should
> be "foo  baz" (with 2 spaces) from the wrapping label element. Also, the
> accessible description should be "bar" from the title (since it was not
> used in the name calculation).
>  
> Sorry to take so long to come to the same conclusion, but I had to walk
> through all the hoops to get there. <grin>
>  
> Car
>  
> 
>     ----- Original message -----
>     From: Joanmarie Diggs <[email protected]>
>     To: Carolyn MacLeod <[email protected]>
>     Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
>     [email protected]
>     Subject: Re: AccName test expectations bug + prototype bug?
>     Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2018 4:11 PM
>      
>     On 09/12/2018 04:05 PM, Carolyn MacLeod wrote:
>     > HTML AAM section 5.1
>     >
>     <https://93seqoby0t.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/html-aam/#input-type-text-input-type-password-input-type-search-input-type-tel-input-type-url-and-textarea-element>
>     > (which does NOT apply, because type="button") says to use label
>     element
>     > first, otherwise use title.
>     >  
>     > But HTML AAM section 5.2
>     >
>     <https://93seqoby0t.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/html-aam/#input-type-button-input-type-submit-and-input-type-reset> (which
>     > is the one for type="button", so does apply) *does not mention label
>     > element* at all (other than by reference to AccName), so it would
>     > resolve to title.
> 
>     That's a bug which the HTML-AAM editors are planning to fix. See
>     https://93to8ehqgm.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/148
> 
>     --joanie
> 
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