fixrule(list_markup_review) Reduce Needs Review false positives for a list

accessibility-checker-engine/src/v2/checker/accessibility/util/legacy.ts

@@ -907,6 +907,44 @@ export class RPTUtil {
         return retVal;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * WAI-ARIA’s role attribute may have a list of values, but only the first valid and supported WAI-ARIA role is used
+     * https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/#mapping_role_table
+     * This function is responsible for retrieving the resoled role for an element.
+     * @parm {HTMLElement} ele - element for which to find role.
+     *
+     * @return string - resolved role for the element:
+     *       explicit role: resoled from the list of values
+     *       implicit role: if not explicitely specified, or none of the specified role values is allowed for the element
+     *       null: if none of the specified role values is allowed for the element, neither implicit role exists
+     *       
+     * @memberOf RPTUtil
+     */
+    public static getResolvedRole(elem: Element) : string {
+        if (!elem) return null;
+        let role = getCache(elem, "RPTUTIL_ELEMENT_RESOLVED_ROLE", null);
+        if (role === null) {
+            const roles = RPTUtil.getUserDefinedRoles(elem);
+            let tagProperty = RPTUtil.getElementAriaProperty(elem);
+            let allowedRoles = RPTUtil.getAllowedAriaRoles(elem, tagProperty);
+            if (roles && roles.length > 0 && allowedRoles && allowedRoles.length > 0) {
+                for (let i=0; i < roles.length; i++) {
+                    if (allowedRoles.includes(roles[i])) {
+                        role = roles[i];
+                        break;
+                    }    
+                } 
+            }
+
+            if (role === null) {
+                const implicitRole = RPTUtil.getImplicitRole(elem);
+                role = implicitRole && implicitRole.length > 0 ? implicitRole[0] : undefined;
+            }
+            setCache(elem, "RPTUTIL_ELEMENT_RESOLVED_ROLE", role);
+        }   
+        return role !== undefined ? role : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * This function is responsible for retrieving user defined element's roles from dom.
      * @parm {HTMLElement} ele - element for which to find role.
@@ -1571,7 +1609,56 @@ export class RPTUtil {
             walkNode = DOMWalker.parentNode(walkNode);
         }
         return walkNode;
-    }   
+    } 
+
+    /**
+     * return the ancestor of the given element and roles.
+     *
+     * @parm {element} element - The element to start the node walk on to find parent node
+     * @parm {array} roles - the role names to search for
+     * @parm {bool} considerImplicitRoles - true or false based on if implicit roles setting should be considered.
+     *
+     * @return {node} walkNode - A parent node of the element passed in, which has the provided role
+     *
+     * @memberOf RPTUtil
+     */
+    public static getAncestorWithRoles(element, roleNames) {
+        if (!element || !roleNames || !roleNames.length || roleNames.length === 0) return null;
+        let walkNode = element;
+        while (walkNode !== null) {
+            let role = RPTUtil.getResolvedRole(walkNode);
+            if (role !== null && roleNames.includes(role))
+                return walkNode;
+            walkNode = DOMWalker.parentNode(walkNode);
+        }
+        return null;
+    } 
+
+    /**
+     * return the roles with given role type.
+     *
+     * @parm {element} element - The element to start the node walk on to find parent node
+     * @parm {array} roleTyples - role types, such as 'widget', 'structure' etc.
+     *
+     * @return {array} roles - A parent node of the element passed in, which has the provided role
+     *
+     * @memberOf RPTUtil
+     */
+    public static getRolesWithTypes(element, types: string[]) {
+        if (!element || !types || !types.length || types.length ===0) return null;
+
+        let roles = getCache(element.ownerDocument, "roles_with_given_types", null);
+        if (!roles || roles.length === 0) {
+            roles = [];
+            Object.entries(ARIADefinitions.designPatterns).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+                if (types.includes(value.roleType))
+                    roles.push(key);   
+            });
+            setCache(element.ownerDocument, "roles_with_given_types", roles);
+        } 
+        return roles;
+    } 
+
     /**
      * return the ancestor with the given style properties.
      *

accessibility-checker-engine/src/v4/rules/list_markup_review.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import { Rule, RuleResult, RuleFail, RuleContext, RulePotential, RuleManual, RulePass, RuleContextHierarchy } from "../api/IRule";
 import { eRulePolicy, eToolkitLevel } from "../api/IRule";
 import { NodeWalker, RPTUtil } from "../../v2/checker/accessibility/util/legacy";
+import { VisUtil } from "../../v2/dom/VisUtil";
 
 export let list_markup_review: Rule = {
     id: "list_markup_review",
@@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ export let list_markup_review: Rule = {
     },
     help: {
         "en-US": {
-            "Pass_0": "list_markup_review.html",
-            "Potential_1": "list_markup_review.html",
+            "pass": "list_markup_review.html",
+            "potential_list": "list_markup_review.html",
             "group": "list_markup_review.html"
         }
     },
     messages: {
         "en-US": {
-            "Pass_0": "Rule Passed",
-            "Potential_1": "Verify whether this is a list that should use HTML list elements",
-            "group": "Use proper HTML list elements to create lists"
+            "pass": "Proper HTML elements are used to create a list",
+            "potential_list": "Verify this is a list and if so, modify to use proper HTML elements for the list",
+            "group": "Proper HTML elements should be used to create a list"
         }
     },
     rulesets: [{
@@ -46,14 +47,37 @@ export let list_markup_review: Rule = {
     act: [],
     run: (context: RuleContext, options?: {}, contextHierarchies?: RuleContextHierarchy): RuleResult | RuleResult[] => {
         const ruleContext = context["dom"].node as Element;
+
+        // Extract the nodeName of the context node
+        let nodeName = ruleContext.nodeName.toLowerCase();
+
+        //skip the check if the element is hidden or disabled
+        if (RPTUtil.isNodeDisabled(ruleContext) || VisUtil.hiddenByDefaultElements.includes(nodeName))
+            return null;
+
+        // Don't trigger if we're not in the body or if we're in a script
+        if (RPTUtil.getAncestor(ruleContext, ["body"]) === null) 
+            return null;
+
+        // ignore script, label and their child elements
+        if (RPTUtil.getAncestor(ruleContext, ["script", 'label']) !== null)
+            return null;
+
+        // ignore all widgets and their children, and certain structure roles
+        let roles = RPTUtil.getRolesWithTypes(ruleContext, ["widget"]);
+        // add some structure roles
+        RPTUtil.concatUniqueArrayItemList(["caption", "code", "columnheader",  "figure", "list", "listitem", "math", "meter", "columnheader", "rowheader"], roles);
+        if (RPTUtil.getAncestorWithRoles(ruleContext, roles) !== null) 
+            return null;
+
         let passed = true;
         let walkNode = ruleContext.firstChild as Node;
         while (passed && walkNode) {
             // Comply to the Check Hidden Content setting will be done by default as this rule triggers on each element
             // and for each element it only checks that single elements text nodes and nothing else. So all inner elements will be
             // covered on their own. Currently for this rule by default Check Hidden Content will work, as we are doing
             // a node walk only on siblings so it would not get text nodes from other siblings at all.
-            // In the case in the future something chnges, just need to add && !RPTUtil.shouldNodeBeSkippedHidden(walkNode) to the below
+            // In the case in the future something changes, just need to add && !RPTUtil.shouldNodeBeSkippedHidden(walkNode) to the below
             // if.
             if (walkNode.nodeName == "#text") {
                 let txtVal = walkNode.nodeValue;
@@ -80,14 +104,8 @@ export let list_markup_review: Rule = {
             walkNode = walkNode.nextSibling;
         }
 
-        if (!passed) {
-            // Don't trigger if we're not in the body or if we're in a script
-            let checkAncestor = RPTUtil.getAncestor(ruleContext, ["body", "script"]);
-            passed = checkAncestor == null || checkAncestor.nodeName.toLowerCase() != "body";
-        }
-
-        if (passed) return RulePass("Pass_0");
-        if (!passed) return RulePotential("Potential_1");
+        if (passed) return null;
+        if (!passed) return RulePotential("potential_list");
 
     }
 }