jakartaee / jakartaee/faces

Leverage selectItem.getDescription() to generate "title" attribute

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Component: Components/Renderers Priority: Minor Type: New Feature
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Description

Whenever we render a SelectItem, we could use the getDescription( ) method to
render a "title" html attribute for additional 508 compliance.

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#### Environment
Operating System: All
Platform: Sun
#### Affected Versions
[1.1]

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Research direction

Start by locating the SelectItem rendering path and its use of getDescription(). Check how the rendered HTML is produced, then verify that the description appears as a title attribute for SelectItem output and supports the stated 508 compliance goal.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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