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Specify AXAPI behaviour for low, high, and optimum meter attributes. #538

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@MReschenberg MReschenberg commented Mar 19, 2024

Closes #536

Specification based on Safari behaviour/attributes exposed.


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I don't think it is as simple as this. As I understand it <meter> can have 3 segments,

  • (1) below low,
  • (2) between low and high
  • (3) above high.
    If the optimum value fits into (1) then all values within this segment are optimal, values in (2) are suboptimal and values in (3) are critical
    If the optimal value is in (2) then values in (1) and (3) are both suboptimal
    If it is (3) then values in (1) are critical, (2) suboptimal and (3) optimal.

These correspond to the visual coloring of green (optimal), orange (suboptimal) and red (critical).

If no optimum value is specified then the optimal segment is segment (2)

Here is the webkit logic https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/c330ea99229f6bb478dde74497ee652e44a3d7d5/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMeterElement.cpp#L156

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Hi @MReschenberg, I've added comments and recommendations that largely align with @jnurthen's assessment of optimum treatment.

@@ -11709,7 +11709,7 @@ <h4 id=att-high>`high`</h4>
<tr>
<th><a href="https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nsaccessibility">AX</a></th>
<td>
<div class="general">Not mapped</div>
<div class="general">Expose "optimal value" via `AXValueDescription` if &lt;value&gt; is greater than or equal to &lt;high&gt;. Expose "suboptimal value" if &lt;value&gt; is less than &lt;high&gt; and greater than or equal to &lt;low&gt;.</div>
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Relevant WebKit code: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/c330ea99229f6bb478dde74497ee652e44a3d7d5/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMeterElement.cpp#L172

This looks correct for high. We'll also need to add the case for when the value is less than "low" (for which this is exposed as "critical value").

@@ -12739,7 +12739,7 @@ <h4 id=att-low>`low`</h4>
<tr>
<th><a href="https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nsaccessibility">AX</a></th>
<td>
<div class="general">Not mapped</div>
<div class="general">Expose "suboptial value" via `AXValueDescription` if &lt;value&gt; is greater than or equal to &lt;low&gt; and less than &lt;high&gt;. If &lt;value&gt; is less than &lt;low&gt;, expose "critical value".</div>
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Relevant WebKit code: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/c330ea99229f6bb478dde74497ee652e44a3d7d5/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMeterElement.cpp#L163

For low:

  • If value is less than or equal to low, then value is "optimal value"
  • if value is less than or equal to high (but greater than low), then value is "suboptimal value"
  • else, value is "critical value"

Also, looks like there is a typo for the word "suboptimal" here.

@@ -13995,7 +13995,7 @@ <h4 id=att-optimum>`optimum`</h4>
<tr>
<th><a href="https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nsaccessibility">AX</a></th>
<td>
<div class="general">Not mapped</div>
<div class="general">Expose "optimal value" via `AXValueDescription` if &lt;value&gt; is greater than or equal to &lt;optimum&gt;.</div>
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Relevant WebKit code: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/c330ea99229f6bb478dde74497ee652e44a3d7d5/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMeterElement.cpp#L184

For optimum:

  • If value is greater than or equal to low AND value is less than or equal to high then value is "optimal value"
  • Else, value is "suboptimal value"

Note that in this case, there is no "critical value".

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This issue should have an active test case showing this in a more common use case, like an audio meter bouncing quickly and showing critical peak line clipping.

I’m not sure if this will need new API, or if there is existing API, but I’m reasonably sure AXValueDescription is not the ideal way to vend this to AT like VO.

Update: dynamic meter test case added to a new WebKit Accessibility bug.

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I’m not sure if this will need new API, or if there is existing API, but I’m reasonably sure AXValueDescription is not the ideal way to vend this to AT like VO.

Do you have an alternative attribute in mind?
It sounds like there's not enough info at this point to make this spec decision, so I'm leaning towards updating firefox's VO implementation to match safari temporarily and leaving this open for discussion.

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cookiecrook commented May 2, 2024

Role/Subrole is already AXLevelIndicator/AXMeter but other attrs TBD based on the outcome of the linked issue.

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HTML AAM: VoiceOver (AXAPI) mapping for optimum, low <meter> attributes
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