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Update a no href to map to link role
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Expand a with no href to include no click listener.
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Expand Up @@ -220,3 +220,6 @@ pip-log.txt

# Local Netlify folder
.netlify

# Jet Brains
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@HaTheo HaTheo Aug 18, 2026

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NIT: Calling it out as this seems auxiliary like something JetBrains added. Might be good to separate if we feel like this is a helpful addition to '.gitignore', but that might be personal preference.

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I manually added this following the existing pattern. You think this should be taken out and put in a different PR?

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Expand Up @@ -405,6 +405,56 @@ <h4 id="el-a-no-href">`a` <span class="el-context">(no `href` attribute)</span><
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</table>
<h4 id="el-a-click-listener">`a` <span class="el-context">(with click listener)</span></h4>
<table class="data" aria-labelledby="el-a-click-listener">
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<th>HTML Specification</th>
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<a data-cite="HTML">`a`</a>
<span class="el-context">(with click listener)</span>
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<th>[[wai-aria-1.2]]</th>
<td><a class="core-mapping" href="#role-map-link">`link`</a> role</td>
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<th><a data-cite="core-aam-1.2/#roleMappingComputedRole">Computed Role</a></th>
<td class="role-computed"><div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div></td>
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<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd373608%28v=VS.85%29.aspx">MSAA</a> + <a href="http://accessibility.linuxfoundation.org/a11yspecs/ia2/docs/html/">IAccessible2</a>
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<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
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<th><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms726297%28v=VS.85%29.aspx">UIA</a></th>
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<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
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<th><span class="informative">[[ATK]]</span></th>
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<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
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<th><a href="https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nsaccessibility">AX</a></th>
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<div class="general">Use WAI-ARIA mapping</div>
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<th>Comments</th>

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Might be good to specify that this applies only to direct onClick and click event listeners in the comments for clarity. Especially as delegated event listeners become more common and James' callout.

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<h4>Substantive changes since moving to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/">Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group</a> (03-Nov-2019)</h4>
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<li>12-Aug-2026: Add `a with click listener` to have `link` role in keeping with browser implementations. See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/608">GitHub Issue 608</a> </li>

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NIT: missing period/. before </li> for consistency.

<li>2-April-2025: Add `command` and `commandfor` attribute mappings. See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2354/">GitHub ARIA PR 2354</a>.</li>
<li>11-July-2024: User Agents ignore `aria-hidden=true` on `body` and `html` elements. See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/pull/516">GitHub PR 516</a>.</li>
<li>06-June-2024: Add concept of Minimum Role. See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/pull/454">GitHub PR 454</a>.</li>
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