Branch: refs/heads/main
Home: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit
Commit: a6c1ed442a54dbc364d5936d7e1d94de4ac4f156
https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/a6c1ed442a54dbc364d5936d7e1d94de4ac4f156
Author: Tyler Wilcock <[email protected]>
Date: 2026-01-20 (Tue, 20 Jan 2026)
Changed paths:
M LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-gauge-value-description-expected.txt
M LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-gauge-value-description.html
A LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-title-attribute-expected.txt
A LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-title-attribute.html
M LayoutTests/platform/mac/accessibility/meter-element-expected.txt
M Source/WebCore/accessibility/AccessibilityNodeObject.cpp
M Source/WebCore/accessibility/AccessibilityProgressIndicator.cpp
Log Message:
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AX: meter element has inconsistent labels between aria-label and title
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273655
rdar://127460695
Reviewed by Joshua Hoffman.
This commit includes two fixes for meter element accessibility:
1. The title attribute was incorrectly forced to AccessibilityTextSource::Help,
causing it to be exposed as AXHelp instead of AXDescription. No other browser
did this, and it resulted in suboptimal screenreader experience. Remove the
special-case
isMeter() check so meters follow the same title handling as other elements.
2. The valueDescription only showed the gauge region (e.g., "optimal value")
without the actual numeric value. Now when no textual description is available
(i.e. the text inside the meter element), we fall back to the numeric value,
producing output like "80, optimal value" instead of just "optimal value".
* LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-gauge-value-description-expected.txt:
* LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-gauge-value-description.html:
* LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-title-attribute-expected.txt: Added.
* LayoutTests/accessibility/mac/meter-title-attribute.html: Added.
* LayoutTests/platform/mac/accessibility/meter-element-expected.txt:
* Source/WebCore/accessibility/AccessibilityNodeObject.cpp:
(WebCore::AccessibilityNodeObject::helpText const):
* Source/WebCore/accessibility/AccessibilityProgressIndicator.cpp:
(WebCore::AccessibilityProgressIndicator::valueDescription const):
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