role=search

[yellowled]

Adding role=search would be another great addition. Of course, this is a little more complicated since search doesn't have a specific HTML5 element to assign it to. The way I understand it, the WAI-ARIA spec leaves the possibility to add it to different elements than form.

Anyway, I've fiddled a possible solution in jQuery as a starting point. This might not be the most efficient/elegant solution. Not sure if the universal selector and/or .has() might impose a performance issue here.

Might be another candidate to add just manually like main etc.

[yatil]

Good suggestion. I’d use the parents function instead of has, as it feels more streightforward: http://jsfiddle.net/GSn56/

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('input[type=search]').parents('form').attr('role','search');
});

But of course this isn’t compatible with our data structure at the moment, so I really have to have a look at the implications for the whole script.

[WraithKenny]

using closest('form,div') might be better then just 'form' if you want to allow yellowled's different element strategy, but regardless, closest is better then parents in this case (for performance and sanity).

[WraithKenny]

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('form:has(input[type=search])').attr('role','search');
});

This selector form has the advantage of working with the dynamic version: http://jsfiddle.net/SaNmp/17/

[yatil]

Thanks for the input, I’ll have a look at it soonish. Having a dynamic version is on the top of my list, too. Just no time to fix it by myself at the moment, feel free to have pull requests coming ;-)