TextField Representation

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Summary

Text field is used to show/change string data. This is the main representation of XForms input element (see the docs). Also this representation is used for XForms textarea element (see the docs).

Exposed interfaces

• nsIAccessible
• nsIAccessibleText
• nsIAccessibleEditableText
• nsIAccessibleHyperText

Accessibility properties

nsIAccessible

• role - ROLE_ENTRY
• name - formed from value of underlying XForms label element
• description - formed from value of underlying XForms hint element
• state - formed from MIPs of instance node that XForms element is bound to
• value - current value of text field
• action names - activate

Accessible children

This presentation doesn't require any accessible children. But Mozilla XForms implementation allows XForms elements to have child elements.