#9285 closed bug (notabug)

Opened May 13, 2013 03:11AM UTC

Closed May 13, 2013 12:13PM UTC

Last modified May 13, 2013 12:44PM UTC

Removing href attributs of a elements in tablist causes unexpected problem

Reported by: Ian Y. Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone: none
Component: ui.tabs Version: 1.10.3
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Using the following codes to remove href attributs of a elements in tablist causes unexpected problem to tab behavior.

$("#tabs").tabs().find('ul[role="tablist"] a').removeAttr('href');

Please see the example: http://jsfiddle.net/bR82G/1/

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Changed May 13, 2013 12:13PM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:1

resolution: → notabug
status: new → closed

I'm not sure why that's an unexpected problem. The anchors no longer point to anything. Either call the refresh() method, or just don't do that. Hint: Don't do that.

Changed May 13, 2013 12:21PM UTC by Ian Y. comment:2

_comment0: Replying to [comment:1 scott.gonzalez]: \ > I'm not sure why that's an unexpected problem. \ [[BR]] \ Because tab panels should not rely on the anchors to function. [http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-practices/#tabpanel The two examples provided by W3C] don't rely on any anchor. → 1368447724624088

Replying to [comment:1 scott.gonzalez]:

I'm not sure why that's an unexpected problem.

Because tab panels should not rely on the anchors for functioning. The two examples provided by W3C don't rely on any anchor.

Changed May 13, 2013 12:29PM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:3

ARIA is in no way a user's guide to jQuery UI.

Changed May 13, 2013 12:44PM UTC by Ian Y. comment:4

Okay. But mouseover anchors which has href attributes makes browsers' status bar show url addresses. That can confuse users because users might think clicking on these anchors will make the page jump to a certain point. Removing href can reduce confusions.

Besides, unwanted url address showing up often is unpleasant. Many developers remove href attributes (or don't add them in HTML) of button anchors because of that reason.