On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Idled Soul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Otto wrote: >>> >>> You need to change your doctype, I expect: >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-aria-state-20071019/#module_element_xhtml >> >> Thanks Otto. Just curious though, will that mean all future themes besides >> Default and Classic need to follow the Transitional Doc Type, when following >> Default and Classic coding methods? I mean, I'm sure most will view Default >> and Classic theme code structuring in order to update their own themes to >> work properly for 2.7. >> >> Same as when they want to make sure their themes work for the built-in >> Thread Comments. When they see the "aria-required" element, they'll think... >> "Well, my theme better have this too!" Of course, if their themes are using >> Strict, then what? They'll all basically have to be switched from Strict to >> Transitional doc types...? >> >> Just wondering.. > > I really don't understand what you mean, exactly. If you don't want to > put the aria-* stuff into your theme, then don't. You can be any > doctype you please. The whole aria spec is an optional thing, for > accessibility purposes. It's not quite possible to make it validate > yet, as the spec is still being developed. However, some browsers > already understand it, which it why it's been implemented in the > default theme.
Also, XHTML 1.1 doesn't have "Strict" and "Transitional", so that doesn't make any sense. You cannot validate aria-* with XHTML 1.0 anything, period. _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
