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Need mappings for aria-rowindextext and aria-colindextext
Platform mappings are needed for https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-rowindextext and https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-colindextext.
- For ATK/AT-SPI2 (my platform), it should be the usual object attribute
- For IA2, I assume it should also be the usual object attribute (@jcsteh please confirm or correct)
- For UIA we need @melanierichards to chime in
- For AXAPI we need @cookiecrook to chime in
Thanks all!
UIA: for each of these, “Not mapped. The value of the property is available in AriaProperties.”
We'll probably want to update the prose for other properties that likewise only "map" into AriaProperties, and maybe have a pointer to some longer spec text explaining the syntax of the string. Out of scope for this change, but if that makes sense, I can add an issue for that and assign MS folks?
If the property is exposed via AriaProperties, then isn't it mapped? (Yeah, mapped to a catch-all place, like AtkObject attributes. But I'd argue still mapped.)
I'd like to request an example be added to the spec. Is this intended primarily to account for 0-based versus 1-based lists? E.g. screen reader speaks "1 of 10" and you want it to be "0 of 9"… Or is the intention something else? Thanks.
@cookiecrook this issue is for the mappings. Can you log an issue against the spec if the examples given in the prose are not adequate. https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-colindextext - cites examples of spreadsheets or chess boards https://w3c.github.io/aria/#aria-rowindextext - cites an example of battleships
@cookiecrook In case it's helpful, there's a whole section on Grid and Table Properties about to go into the APG that includes a subsection on "Communicating cell position with aria-colindextext and aria-rowindextext". (the plan is to add an example as well, but that is not yet written). Reviews of the new section welcome in PR https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/pull/1204 !
@cookiecrook : No. It's more like the screen reader is providing a numeric column or row number, but there's a different index. Like in a spreadsheet where the columns are A, B, C ... ZZX, ZZY, ZZZ. The screen reader should present the cell as, say, "C25" or say "Column C selected". But aria-colindex is 3.