Intent to Implement and Ship: aria-rowindextext and aria-colindextext
Daniel Clark
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Explainer
No formal explainer but https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/667 discusses use cases and alternatives.
Specification
https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-colindextext, https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-rowindextext
Summary
The `aria-rowindextext` and `aria-colindextext` properties can be used by developers to express semantics about a table or grid to assistive tech. These attributes are applied in addition to `aria-rowindex` or `aria-colindex` in cases where the numeric indices of rows or columns are not meaningful, for example a chessboard or a spreadsheet where the columns are named by letters rather than numbers.
These properties are reflected in JavaScript as:
- `Element.ariaRowIndexText`
- `Element.ariaColIndexText`
- `ElementInternals.ariaRowIndexText`
- `ElementInternals.ariaColIndexText`
These are part of the Interop2024 Accessibility focus area: https://wpt.fyi/results/wai-aria/idlharness.window.html?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&view=interop&q=label%3Ainterop-2024-accessibility
Blink component
Blink>Accessibility
TAG review
These properties were included for WAI-ARIA 1.3 which was reviewed by the TAG at https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/927
TAG review status
Resolution: Satisfied
Risks
Interoperability and Compatibility
None
Gecko: Shipped/Shipping
WebKit: No signal (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257142)
Web developers: No direct signals, but this is part of the Interop2024 Accessibility focus area: https://wpt.fyi/results/?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&view=interop&q=label%3Ainterop-2024-accessibility
Other signals:
Ergonomics
None.
Activation
It isn't possible to polyfill the functionality of delivering the semantics to AT. However the properties can be set on browsers that don't support them yet without causing errors, so gradual adoption should be straightforward.
The property reflection behavior could be polyfilled if necessary.
Security
We do not anticipate any security impact from this feature.
WebView application risks
Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
None
Debuggability
The property values can be observed in chrome://accessibility.
Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
Yes
Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
Yes
Flag name on chrome://flags
None
Finch feature name
AriaRowColIndexText
Requires code in //chrome?
False
Estimated milestones
Shipping on desktop 128
Anticipated spec changes
None
Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5182419585204224
This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status.
Vladimir Levin
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Alex Russell
LGTM1, thanks
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