Deprecating ARIA `img` role in favor of `image`

[bsmth]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/img_role

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

No response

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

img role is being sunset in favor of image, e.g.

<!-- preferred -->

<div role="image" aria-label="Table flip">
  <p>(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻</p>
</div>

<!-- instead of -->

<div role="img" aria-label="Table flip">
  <p>(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻</p>
</div>

What did you expect to see?

The page should be renamed & redirected to image to reflect ARIA 1.3.

This has landed in

• Firefox 116 https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/27750
• Safari 15. source:
  • Added in https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/ca2e239f7d07ad9bba0ffe55842de853b82bb481
  • Changelog: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/ca2e239f7d07ad9bba0ffe55842de853b82bb481/LayoutTests/ChangeLog#L1-L24
  • Version for this commit https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/ca2e239f7d07ad9bba0ffe55842de853b82bb481/Source/WebCore/Configurations/Version.xcconfig#L24-L29
  • Reference https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/923eeec1df7cd637240e38c0ddc790f2926de41a/browsers/safari.json#L176C1-L182

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

• WPT: https://wpt.fyi/results/wai-aria/role/synonym-roles.html?label=master&label=stable&aligned
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224615

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

[CBID2]

Hey @bsmth. Can I be assigned to this issue? :)

[bsmth]

Hi @CBID2 - thanks for checking. I need to verify what timeline we're looking at making these changes (whether we want to do this now or wait for spec changes) - it's worth holding off on working on this one right now, but if you're looking for some other tasks, I can recommend the contributor task board for some issues that need attention. I hope that helps :)

[CBID2]

Hi @CBID2 - thanks for checking. I need to verify what timeline we're looking at making these changes (whether we want to do this now or wait for spec changes) - it's worth holding off on working on this one right now, but if you're looking for some other tasks, I can recommend the contributor task board for some issues that need attention. I hope that helps :)

Ok thanks