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Radio Group should not have accessible name required: true #427

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jnurthen opened this issue Aug 29, 2016 · 6 comments
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Radio Group should not have accessible name required: true #427

jnurthen opened this issue Aug 29, 2016 · 6 comments
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While most radio groups do need an accessible name, there are some instances where the radio buttons themselves sufficiently describe their operation without requiring an accessible name on the radio group itself.
HTML native radio groups do not require an associated fieldset/legend surrounding them so why should aria ones have this additional restriction.

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If ARIA 1.2 is still limited to HTML Role Parity, this issue is not in scope.

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This is another change that is nearly editorial except for the fact that it has authoring impacts. Changing this would not slow 1.2.

@jnurthen jnurthen self-assigned this Aug 30, 2018
@jnurthen jnurthen added needinfo and removed ARIA labels Jan 9, 2019
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I'm having a hard time thinking of a good example where a radio group is better without a name. If someone comes up with one please add it and we will progress this bug - but until that time I'm going to park this with needsinfo.

@jnurthen jnurthen modified the milestones: ARIA 1.2, ARIA 1.3 Sep 26, 2019
@jnurthen jnurthen changed the title ARIA 1.1: Radio Group should not have accessible name required: true Radio Group should not have accessible name required: true Aug 20, 2020
@jnurthen jnurthen modified the milestones: ARIA 1.3, ARIA 1.4 Aug 20, 2020
@jnurthen jnurthen removed the ARIA 1.3 label Mar 15, 2021
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scottaohara commented Apr 15, 2024

<div role=radiogroup>
<label><input type=radio name=f> I think radiogroups should always have a name</label>
<label><input type=radio name=f> I do not think radiogroups should always have a name</label>
</div>

per the current spec, it would be required to add a name. but the names of the radio groups make it pretty clear what the intent of the group is asking one to decide.

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pkra commented Apr 15, 2024

Discussed on today's editors meeting https://www.w3.org/2024/04/15-aria-editors-minutes.html#t01

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pkra commented May 13, 2024

Closing in favor of #2180

@pkra pkra closed this as completed May 13, 2024
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