[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 94302] New: AX: Focusable elements without a role should not usually be ignored

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94302

           Summary: AX: Focusable elements without a role should not
                    usually be ignored
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: dmazzoni at google.com
                CC: cfleizach at apple.com, aboxhall at chromium.org


It may be poor practice, but sometimes a web author will create a focusable generic object on a page that doesn't have an ARIA role, e.g.:

  <div id="myregion" tabindex=0>
    Region
  </div>

The accessibility object corresponding to that focusable element should not be ignored for accessibility, because then when the element gets focus, no accessibility notification can be generated.

Currently this is not the case - if you create an example like the above, WebKit-based browsers announce nothing when you tab to focus that element. I think they should announce the inner text, e.g., "Region".

I have a patch.

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