260685 2023-08-24 17:13:14 -0700 AX: Remove support for non-standard ARIA text role 2025-12-11 17:43:57 -0800 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Accessibility Other Unspecified Unspecified NEW https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260641 InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 tyler_w webkit-unassigned andresg_22 herr.ernst jcraig webkit-bug-importer yegor.jbanov oldest_to_newest 1973398 0 tyler_w 2023-08-24 17:13:14 -0700 In https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260684, we put support for this role behind a feature flag. Let's remove the flag and the feature entirely eventually if no complaints are made about it being missing. 1973399 1 webkit-bug-importer 2023-08-24 17:13:26 -0700 <rdar://problem/114415057> 1974015 2 ap 2023-08-28 13:48:32 -0700 Is this the same as bug 260641? 2014008 3 yegor.jbanov 2024-02-15 10:53:01 -0800 I posted more detail in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260641, but I think it's better to push other browsers to adopt this role rather than remove it. There's an important use-case for the text role. 2165293 4 jcraig 2025-12-11 17:42:27 -0800 > I think it's better to push other browsers to adopt this role rather than remove it. Steve Faulkner and I made that case as long ago as 2011. The ARIA Working Group has rejected it a number of times since then. Some of the ancient history is linked in: https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/870#issuecomment-705827591 2165294 5 jcraig 2025-12-11 17:43:57 -0800 Trivia: The discussion history goes back before the Working Group was using GitHub, and before the working group was called ARIA!