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A way to make autoplay respect prefers-reduced-motion

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

topic: media

Status: Open.

#11605 In whatwg/html;

· jakearchibald opened on Aug 29, 2025

Proposal: New attribute alt-origin to indicate provenance of alt text (machine vs. human authored)

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

Status: Open.

#11448 In whatwg/html;

· chaos-dotcom opened on Jul 13, 2025

Add showValidationMessage() method for validation without focus management

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

topic: forms

Status: Open.

#11416 In whatwg/html;

· Hideki-Kobayashi opened on Jun 27, 2025

Popover and dialog elements with lots of content can be inaccessible

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

topic: rendering

Status: Open.

#11176 In whatwg/html;

· teddybradford opened on Mar 31, 2025

Alternative text for short-form video

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

topic: media

Status: Open.

#11080 In whatwg/html;

· tylersticka opened on Feb 27, 2025

Connect HTML spec up to new CSS <code>interactivity</code> property

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do not merge yetPull request must not be merged per rationale in commentPull request must not be merged per rationale in comment

integrationBetter coordination across standards neededBetter coordination across standards needed

topic: dialogThe <dialog> elementThe <dialog> element

topic: style

Status: Open (in progress).

whatwg/htmlnumber 10956

#10956 In whatwg/html;

· mfreed7 opened on Jan 28, 2025

Allow any element to be the child of a custom element (parser weirdness permitting)

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document conformance

topic: custom elementsRelates to custom elements (as defined in DOM and HTML)Relates to custom elements (as defined in DOM and HTML)

Status: Open.

#10722 In whatwg/html;

· LeaVerou opened on Oct 25, 2024

Improve DX of element reference attributes by allowing relative references instead of only ids

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addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

Status: Open.

#10143 In whatwg/html;

· LeaVerou opened on Feb 19, 2024

Rendering of &lt;input type=image&gt; that does not represent an image

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topic: forms

topic: rendering

Status: Open.

#9677 In whatwg/html;

· annevk opened on Sep 3, 2023

Allow additional elements to be considered labelable

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addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

needs implementer interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interestMoving the issue forward requires implementers to express interest

Status: Open.

#9632 In whatwg/html;

· dmjohnsson23 opened on Aug 24, 2023

Should &lt;dir&gt; behave like a list element?

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

interopImplementations are not interoperable with each otherImplementations are not interoperable with each other

topic: rendering

Status: Open.

#9296 In whatwg/html;

· annevk opened on May 15, 2023

Consider allowing &lt;hr&gt; within list elements (ol, ul, menu)

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accessibilityAffects accessibilityAffects accessibility

addition/proposalNew features or enhancementsNew features or enhancements

document conformance

Status: Open.

#9126 In whatwg/html;

· scottaohara opened on Apr 5, 2023