Bug 233907

Summary: AX: ARIA "form" role should vend AXSubrole: AXLandmarkForm.
Product: WebKit Reporter: James Craig <jcraig>
Component: AccessibilityAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: Normal CC: andresg_22, scottaohara, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: WebKit Nightly Build   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   

James Craig
Reported 2021-12-06 19:17:34 PST
AX: ARIA "form" role should vend AXSubrole: AXLandmarkForm. AFAIK, AXRole should still be AXGroup. Seems like this landmark may have been overlooked when the other landmarks were added. There may be additional Radars needed on the platforms to support AT rotor navigation, for example.
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Comment 1 2021-12-06 19:17:49 PST
James Craig
Comment 2 2021-12-06 19:17:53 PST
James Craig
Comment 3 2022-02-10 13:27:22 PST
Update... [AXSubrole: AXLandmarkForm] for role=form but only if the form is labeled, e.g. with aria-label. Note: There is some ambiguity on whether the landmark mapping should apply to the native <form> element if it has a label like <form title="foo">. Seeking comment from ARIA contributors.
James Craig
Comment 4 2022-02-10 13:30:02 PST
one of the related ARIA discussions: https://github.com/w3c/core-aam/issues/100
James Craig
Comment 5 2022-02-10 13:31:23 PST
James Craig
Comment 6 2022-02-10 14:13:53 PST
I think it's probably fine to change the subrole for <form title="foo"> too. It's already exposed as a labeled AXGroup, so it'd be highly unlikely to cause an interop regression. The new role description and landmark navigation functionality would be an innocuous improvement. Unlabeled <div role=form> and <form> should remain unmapped.
Scott
Comment 7 2022-02-10 14:20:46 PST
"Unlabeled <div role=form> and <form> should remain unmapped." I agree with this statement, and per our conversation in the ARIA wg today: <article role=form> - would fall back to "article" and <div role="form article">...</div> would also fall back to article due to the lack of an explicit name.
Scott
Comment 8 2022-03-03 10:36:18 PST
sorry, misread some of the above. but also since the naming of a form element with native HTML is only possible with the title attribute, then yes - form title=foo should become a form landmark
James Craig
Comment 9 2022-03-03 10:40:28 PST
Thanks Scott.
Rahim Abdi
Comment 10 2025-04-20 12:37:49 PDT
EWS
Comment 11 2025-05-10 08:45:51 PDT
Committed 294748@main (a8728728ea0d): <https://commits.webkit.org/294748@main> Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #44316 and removing active labels.
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