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Explainer None Specification https://www.w3.org/TR/css-content-3/#valdef-content---string--counter Summary The CSS content property allows developers to specify alternative text for accessibility with the following syntax: .has-before-content::before { content: url("cat.jpg") / "A cute cat"; } This functionality is already partially supported in Chromium (https://chromestatus.com/feature/4550056227110912) such that the alt text can be given by a single string. However, the spec allows the alt text to be given by an arbitrary number of arguments, which in addition to strings can be attr() functions or counters. For example: .has-before-content::before { content: url("cat.jpg") / "Cute " attr(data-animal) " number " counter(animal-counter); } This Intent is for the expansion of the Chromium implementation to support the full span of arguments permitted by the spec. Blink component Blink>Accessibility<https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EAccessibility> Motivation This will allow developers more flexibility in how they specify alt text for generated content, making it easier to build accessible web pages. Additionally, this functionality is tested as part of the Interop2024 Accessibility focus area. Specifically, https://wpt.fyi/results/accname/name/comp_name_from_content.html?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&view=interop&q=label%3Ainterop-2024-accessibility sub-tests "(button|heading|link) name from fallback content mixing attr() and strings with ::before and ::after" Initial public proposal None TAG review None. Omitting TAG review per the guidelines at https://www.chromium.org/blink/guidelines/api-owners/process-exceptions/ since this is already specified in a CSSWG draft and shipped in WebKit. TAG review status Not applicable. Risks Interoperability and Compatibility The new syntax will fail to parse in browser where it's not supported, so until browser support is widespread, developers should include a preceding fallback line to specify the content: .has-before-content::before { content: url("cat.jpg"); /* Used if the following line doesn't parse */ content: url("cat.jpg") / "Cute " attr(data-animal) " number " counter(animal-counter); } This compat risk is not really new given the feature's current state of partial support. Gecko: No signal (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281158) WebKit: Shipped/Shipping (https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/22185) Web developers: No signals Other signals: WebView application risks Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? None Debuggability The accessible text can be viewed in the accessibility tree via chrome://accessibility. DevTools will allow this part of the content property to be edited in the Style pane. Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests<https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>? https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-content/parsing/content-valid.html https://wpt.fyi/results/accname/name/comp_name_from_content.html (sub-tests "(button|heading|link) name from fallback content mixing attr() and strings with ::before and ::after") Flag name on chrome://flags None Finch feature name Non-finch justification None Requires code in //chrome? False Estimated milestones No milestones specified Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/5168344402755584 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/MW4PR00MB1455CC35408799CAF44F732CC5162%40MW4PR00MB1455.namprd00.prod.outlook.com.
