Bug 126058

Summary:	AX: Need to expose aria-activedescendant more consistently
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	James Craig <jcraig>
Component:	Accessibility	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	Normal	CC:	bugs.webkit.org, jesse.r.beach, webkit-bug-importer, webkit
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	145646

Description James Craig 2013-12-20 00:29:39 PST

@aria-activedescendant is being exposed inconsistently.

WebKit exposes it under AXSelectedRows for some controls like AXOutline (role="tree"), AXList (role="listbox"), and possibly AXMenu (role="menu"), but WebKit doesn't expose @aria-activedescendant at all on some controls, like generic textfields. WebKit does expose it (as the AXSelected option in the AXList) in comboboxes if the author hooks up the AXOwns relationship properly to point to the popup listbox.

However WebKit exposes @aria-activedescendant, it should be more consistent.

Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2013-12-20 00:30:30 PST

<rdar://problem/15706800>

Comment 2 Jesse Beach 2017-02-09 11:05:57 PST

Related to:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167680
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161734

Comment 3 Jesse Beach 2017-02-09 13:10:14 PST

Update: aria-activedescendant works in Chrome (not Safari) in combination with a role of textbox. Combined with a role of combobox, aria-activedescendant does not work in Chrome or Safari.

Comment 4 James Craig 2019-09-26 11:53:43 PDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 161734 ***