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Bug 10441 - <link> that represents a hyperlink should probably have no role by default
Summary: <link> that represents a hyperlink should probably have no role by default
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y, aria
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Blocks: 10066
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Reported: 2010-08-26 03:28 UTC by Maciej Stachowiak
Modified: 2010-12-15 14:37 UTC (History)
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Description Maciej Stachowiak 2010-08-26 03:28:49 UTC 
<link> that represents a hyperlink is given a default role of "link". However, it is normally not even visible, and when made visible does not act as an interactive hyperlink by default. So its default role should probably be no role, rather than "link".
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-26 19:05:51 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: It should act like an interactive hyperlink. If it doesn't, that's a bug. (To see the hyperlink you'd have to add some content to the element using :before/:after or other CSS, of course.)
Comment 2 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-08-26 20:40:52 UTC 
Wow, I didn't realize that was required or that any browsers did it. It seems that Firefox does, for one.
Comment 3 Michael Cooper 2010-12-15 14:37:12 UTC 
Big triage sub-team thinks the ARIA mapping team should review and update this bug as the mappings are prepared, but no need for entire HTML A11Y TF to review. Assigning to Steve Faulkner to track.