[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 78992] AXRoleDescription for HTML5 header element is incorrect

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78992





--- Comment #2 from Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve at gmail.com>  2012-06-12 14:04:20 PST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > Currently the HTML5 header element has an AXRoleDescription="banner". This is the same description as for the ARIA banner landmark role. 
> 
> The current behavior for the `header` element is slightly more complex: if the `header` element is not contained within an `article` or `section` element, it has a description of "banner". If it is contained in one of those elements, it falls back to "group".
> 
> Regardless of what we do with this bug, we should test that behavior. Same goes for the `footer` element. I'll throw a patch up under https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88911 
> 
> > Suggest changing to AXRoleDescription="header"
> 
> "header" or "heading"? The latter would be trivial, the former wouldn't be much more work.
> 
> Dominic, what do you think about this?

Hi Mike, 

> The current behavior for the `header` element is slightly more complex: if >the `header` element is not contained within an `article` or `section` >element, it has a description of "banner". If it is contained in one of >those elements, it falls back to "group".

If this is the case then I think its fine as is.

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