From 8ced3d1b8eceead83690f2634f38e17c37c6d143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alice <95208+alice@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:25:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] layout: Expose some non-interactive accessibility roles based
on DOM node type. (#44255)
Sets the accessibility role of nodes based on their DOM node type
(ignoring ARIA roles and computed styles for now), for a small subset of
roles.
This change also re-works some details of accessibility tree building:
- Set the `root` property for the accesskit tree to the node ID for the
root DOM node, rather than creating a placeholder root node which
contains the root DOM node.
- Since we now map the `
` node to the `RootWebArea` role, this
required a small change to the accessibility test logic to do a tree
walk to find the `RootWebArea` node, which used to be the first child
since we artificially set the placeholder root node to be the
`RootWebArea` node.
- Have `update_node_and_children()` return a bool indicating whether any
node was updated.
- Split the code updating the node itself into its own function,
`update_node()`, which takes a DOM node and returns a tuple containing
the accessibility node ID and a bool indicating whether the node
required updating
- Add an `assert_node_by_id()` method to retrieve an accessibility node
based on its ID.
Testing: See new tests added in this PR.
---------
Signed-off-by: Alice Boxhall
Co-authored-by: delan azabani
---
components/layout/accessibility_tree.rs | 117 ++++++++++++++++--------
components/servo/tests/accessibility.rs | 66 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/components/layout/accessibility_tree.rs b/components/layout/accessibility_tree.rs
index 40b0834d1c0..5290fe74a49 100644
--- a/components/layout/accessibility_tree.rs
+++ b/components/layout/accessibility_tree.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
use accesskit::Role;
-use layout_api::LayoutNode;
+use layout_api::{LayoutElement, LayoutNode, LayoutNodeType};
use log::trace;
use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
use script::layout_dom::ServoLayoutNode;
use servo_base::Epoch;
-use style::dom::{NodeInfo, OpaqueNode};
+use style::dom::OpaqueNode;
+use web_atoms::{LocalName, local_name};
use crate::ArcRefCell;
@@ -35,47 +37,28 @@ impl AccessibilityTree {
const ROOT_NODE_ID: accesskit::NodeId = accesskit::NodeId(0);
pub(super) fn new(tree_id: accesskit::TreeId, epoch: Epoch) -> Self {
- // The root node doesn't correspond to a DOM node, but contains the root DOM node.
- let mut root_node = AccessibilityNode::new(AccessibilityTree::ROOT_NODE_ID);
- root_node
- .accesskit_node
- .set_role(accesskit::Role::RootWebArea);
- root_node
- .accesskit_node
- .add_action(accesskit::Action::Focus);
-
- let mut tree = Self {
- nodes: Default::default(),
- accesskit_tree: accesskit::Tree::new(root_node.id),
+ Self {
+ nodes: FxHashMap::default(),
+ accesskit_tree: accesskit::Tree::new(AccessibilityTree::ROOT_NODE_ID),
tree_id,
epoch,
- };
- tree.nodes.insert(root_node.id, ArcRefCell::new(root_node));
-
- tree
+ }
}
pub(super) fn update_tree(
&mut self,
root_dom_node: &ServoLayoutNode<'_>,
) -> Option {
+ let root_node = self.get_or_create_node(root_dom_node);
+ self.accesskit_tree.root = root_node.borrow().id;
+
let mut tree_update = AccessibilityUpdate::new(self.accesskit_tree.clone(), self.tree_id);
+ let any_node_updated = self.update_node_and_children(root_dom_node, &mut tree_update);
- {
- let root_dom_node_id = Self::to_accesskit_id(&root_dom_node.opaque());
- let root_node = self
- .nodes
- .get_mut(&AccessibilityTree::ROOT_NODE_ID)
- .expect("Guaranteed by Self::new");
- let mut root_node = root_node.borrow_mut();
- root_node
- .accesskit_node
- .set_children(vec![root_dom_node_id]);
-
- tree_update.add(&root_node);
+ if !any_node_updated {
+ return None;
}
- self.update_node_and_children(root_dom_node, &mut tree_update);
Some(tree_update.finalize())
}
@@ -83,9 +66,26 @@ impl AccessibilityTree {
&mut self,
dom_node: &ServoLayoutNode<'_>,
tree_update: &mut AccessibilityUpdate,
- ) {
- // TODO: read accessibility damage from dom_node (right now, assume damage is complete)
+ ) -> bool {
+ // TODO: read accessibility damage (right now, assume damage is complete)
+ let (node_id, updated) = self.update_node(dom_node);
+ let mut any_descendant_updated = false;
+ for dom_child in dom_node.flat_tree_children() {
+ // TODO: We actually need to propagate damage within the accessibility tree, rather than
+ // assuming it matches the DOM tree, but this will do for now.
+ any_descendant_updated |= self.update_node_and_children(&dom_child, tree_update);
+ }
+
+ if updated {
+ let node = self.assert_node_by_id(node_id);
+ tree_update.add(&node.borrow());
+ }
+
+ updated || any_descendant_updated
+ }
+
+ fn update_node(&mut self, dom_node: &ServoLayoutNode<'_>) -> (accesskit::NodeId, bool) {
let node = self.get_or_create_node(dom_node);
let mut node = node.borrow_mut();
let accesskit_node = &mut node.accesskit_node;
@@ -99,21 +99,26 @@ impl AccessibilityTree {
accesskit_node.set_children(new_children);
}
- if dom_node.is_text_node() {
+ if let Some(dom_element) = dom_node.as_element() {
+ accesskit_node.set_role(Role::GenericContainer);
+ let local_name = dom_element.local_name().to_ascii_lowercase();
+ accesskit_node.set_html_tag(&*local_name);
+ let role = HTML_ELEMENT_ROLE_MAPPINGS
+ .get(&local_name)
+ .unwrap_or(&Role::GenericContainer);
+ accesskit_node.set_role(*role);
+ } else if dom_node.type_id() == Some(LayoutNodeType::Text) {
accesskit_node.set_role(Role::TextRun);
let text_content = dom_node.text_content();
trace!("node text content = {text_content:?}");
// FIXME: this should take into account editing selection units (grapheme clusters?)
accesskit_node.set_value(&*text_content);
- } else if dom_node.as_element().is_some() {
+ } else {
accesskit_node.set_role(Role::GenericContainer);
}
- tree_update.add(&node);
-
- for dom_child in dom_node.flat_tree_children() {
- self.update_node_and_children(&dom_child, tree_update);
- }
+ // TODO: only return true if any update actually happened
+ (node.id, true)
}
fn get_or_create_node(
@@ -129,6 +134,16 @@ impl AccessibilityTree {
node.clone()
}
+ fn assert_node_by_id(&self, id: accesskit::NodeId) -> ArcRefCell {
+ let Some(node) = self.nodes.get(&id) else {
+ panic!("Stale node ID found: {id:?}");
+ };
+ node.clone()
+ }
+
+ // TODO: Using the OpaqueNode as the identifier for the accessibility node will inevitably
+ // create issues as OpaqueNodes will be reused when DOM nodes are destroyed. Instead, we should
+ // make a monotonically increasing ID, and have some other way to retrieve it based on DOM node.
fn to_accesskit_id(opaque: &OpaqueNode) -> accesskit::NodeId {
accesskit::NodeId(opaque.0 as u64)
}
@@ -229,3 +244,25 @@ fn test_accessibility_update_add_some_nodes_twice() {
}
);
}
+
+static HTML_ELEMENT_ROLE_MAPPINGS: LazyLock> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+ [
+ (local_name!("article"), Role::Article),
+ (local_name!("aside"), Role::Complementary),
+ (local_name!("body"), Role::RootWebArea),
+ (local_name!("footer"), Role::ContentInfo),
+ (local_name!("h1"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("h2"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("h3"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("h4"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("h5"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("h6"), Role::Heading),
+ (local_name!("header"), Role::Banner),
+ (local_name!("hr"), Role::Splitter),
+ (local_name!("main"), Role::Main),
+ (local_name!("nav"), Role::Navigation),
+ (local_name!("p"), Role::Paragraph),
+ ]
+ .into_iter()
+ .collect()
+});
diff --git a/components/servo/tests/accessibility.rs b/components/servo/tests/accessibility.rs
index 0ecaea1154c..699f808f289 100644
--- a/components/servo/tests/accessibility.rs
+++ b/components/servo/tests/accessibility.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,63 @@ fn test_accessibility_after_navigate_and_back() {
// TODO(accessibility): write test for resend a11y tree when clicking back or forward
+#[test]
+fn test_accessibility_basic_mapping() {
+ let servo_test = ServoTest::new_with_builder(|builder| {
+ let mut preferences = Preferences::default();
+ preferences.accessibility_enabled = true;
+ builder.preferences(preferences)
+ });
+ let delegate = Rc::new(WebViewDelegateImpl::default());
+
+ let mut element_role_pairs = VecDeque::from([
+ ("article", Role::Article),
+ ("aside", Role::Complementary),
+ ("footer", Role::ContentInfo),
+ ("h1", Role::Heading),
+ ("h2", Role::Heading),
+ ("h3", Role::Heading),
+ ("h4", Role::Heading),
+ ("h5", Role::Heading),
+ ("h6", Role::Heading),
+ ("header", Role::Banner),
+ ("hr", Role::Splitter),
+ ("main", Role::Main),
+ ("nav", Role::Navigation),
+ ("p", Role::Paragraph),
+ ]);
+
+ let mut url: String = "data:text/html,".to_owned();
+ for (element, _) in element_role_pairs.iter() {
+ url.push_str(format!("<{element}>{element}>").as_str());
+ }
+ let webview = WebViewBuilder::new(servo_test.servo(), servo_test.rendering_context.clone())
+ .delegate(delegate.clone())
+ .url(Url::parse(url.as_str()).unwrap())
+ .build();
+
+ webview.set_accessibility_active(true);
+
+ let load_webview = webview.clone();
+ servo_test.spin(move || load_webview.load_status() != LoadStatus::Complete);
+
+ let updates = wait_for_min_updates(&servo_test, delegate.clone(), 2);
+ let tree = build_tree(updates);
+ let root = assert_tree_structure_and_get_root_web_area(&tree);
+ assert_eq!(root.children().len(), element_role_pairs.len());
+ for child in root.children() {
+ let Some((tag, role)) = element_role_pairs.pop_front() else {
+ panic!("Number of children of root node should match number of tag/role pairs");
+ };
+ assert_eq!(child.data().html_tag(), Some(tag));
+ assert_eq!(child.role(), role);
+ }
+ assert!(
+ element_role_pairs.is_empty(),
+ "Number of children of root node should match number of tag/role pairs"
+ );
+}
+
fn wait_for_min_updates(
servo_test: &ServoTest,
delegate: Rc,
@@ -266,13 +323,8 @@ fn assert_tree_structure_and_get_root_web_area<'tree>(
let graft_node = scroll_view_children[0];
assert!(graft_node.is_graft());
- let graft_node_children: Vec> = graft_node.children().collect();
- assert_eq!(graft_node_children.len(), 1);
-
- let root_web_area = graft_node_children[0];
- assert_eq!(root_web_area.role(), Role::RootWebArea);
-
- root_web_area
+ find_first_matching_node(graft_node, |node| node.role() == Role::RootWebArea)
+ .expect("Should have a RootWebArea")
}
fn find_first_matching_node(