From 92f541eedb4bbefb9d25f885da16d92cd5686ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Krautzberger <p.krautzberger@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:38:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] editorial: add note in Sec. 6.4 Translatable Attributes

Adds explanatory note why lang&dir currently cannot diverge.

Resolves #2827
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 index.html | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dd53eb137..4dc627f13 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12055,6 +12055,9 @@ <h2>Translatable Attributes</h2>
           <li><pref>aria-rowindextext</pref></li>
           <li><pref>aria-valuetext</pref></li>
         </ul>
+        <p class="note">
+          Due to limitations across the web accessibility stack there is currently no mechanism to specify language and directionality for a translatable attribute separately from the element's language and directionality. This also indirectly applies to <pref>aria-labelledby</pref> and <pref>aria-describedby</pref> because the <a href="" class="accname">Accessible Name and Description Computation</a></cite> [[ACCNAME-1.2]] results in a flat string. Diverging in language or direction can also cause other accessibility problems, see [[WCAG21]]. 
+        </p>
       </section>
       <section id="global_states">
         <h2><dfn>Global</dfn> States and Properties</h2>