•W3C, IBM and Mozilla are
working together to build it into Firefox
•Provides accessibility of
desktop-style widgets such as tree views, menu bars and spreadsheets which are
accessible both with the keyboard and AAT
–1. Keyboard navigation - Extension to html
tabindex
•let's any element be tab-indexable or focusable
•e.g. tree views with arrow
navigation
–2. Assistive technology support with
mark-up that uses namespaced attributes to describe widgets
•e.g. tabindex, role,
properties – all exposed to AT
<span
tabindex="0" xhtml2:role="wairole:checkbox"
property:checked="true"
onkeydown="return checkBoxEvent(event);"
onclick="return checkBoxEvent(event);">
Any checkbox label
</span>
•Currently only supported
in Firefox 1.5 and above