[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44536: Twenty Seventeen: article tag lacks role="article" parameter

[WordPress Trac]

#44536: Twenty Seventeen: article tag lacks role="article" parameter
-----------------------------+----------------------------
 Reporter:  webest           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  4.9.9
Component:  Bundled Theme    |     Version:  4.9.7
 Severity:  minor            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch close  |     Focuses:  accessibility
-----------------------------+----------------------------
Changes (by afercia):

 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch close


Comment:

 Thanks @webest and welcome to Trac.

 > As recommended by WCAG

 Maybe I've missed something, but I'm not sure the
 [https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ WCAG 2.1] recommend in any way to add a
 role to an HTML element that already conveys the same semantics natively.
 Also, the a11yproject checklist you linked mentions that this should be
 done only if there's the need to support old browsers.

 Twenty Seventeen is doing it for this exact reason, to support (very) old
 browser / screen reader combinations, but only for elements that have a
 native, default, role which is also a landmark (the main <header>, <nav>,
 <main>, <aside>, etc.), as these elements are really important to
 communicate the main section of a page and allow navigation through
 landmarks.

 The `<article>` element isn't a landmark and I'm not sure what the value
 added by `role="article"` would be. Also, modern browsers already
 correctly expose the `<article>` element native role and if I remember
 correctly it was discussed a few times to remove the redundant roles from
 all the WordPress bundled themes.

 For reference, see the article element in HTML 5.2:

 https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/sections.html#the-article-element
 > Allowed ARIA role attribute values:
 >
 > article (default - **do not set**)

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44536#comment:4>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform