[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 119695] New: AX: title attribute content not exposed as accessible name

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119695

           Summary: AX: title attribute content not exposed as accessible
                    name
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: faulkner.steve at gmail.com
                CC: webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com


In the absence of any other source for the accessible name/description for an element  the title attribute content should be used: [1]

"D. The last resort is to use text from a tooltip attribute (such as the title attribute in HTML). This is used only if nothing else, including subtree content, has provided results."

for example:

1)
<input type="text" title="test">

2)
<input type="text" aria-label="aria test">

should be equivalent, but they are not:

1) 
AXHelp:  "test"
AXDescription:  ""

2)
AXHelp:  "test"
AXDescription:  "aria test"


1) should be mapped thus:
AXHelp:  ""
AXDescription:  "test"

This results in VoiceOver not announcing the label for a control when the title attribute is used as the source of the label.


[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#namecalculation

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