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fix(aria-specialist): flag flex and grid rows that split or glue a text run - #209
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…xt run WebKit exposes each flex or grid child as its own accessibility object, so a row that reads as one phrase costs one swipe per child on iOS VoiceOver, and the container drops whitespace-only text nodes so adjacent words glue into one spoken word. Neither defect shows in Chrome, which collapses the row into a single text node. Add a flex-and-grid-text-runs reference, an ARIA-012 finding, and a One phrase, one stop section in the iOS audit phase.
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Summary
WebKit exposes each flex or grid child as its own accessibility object, so a row
that reads as one phrase costs one swipe per child on iOS VoiceOver. The
container also drops whitespace-only text nodes between children, gluing
adjacent words into one spoken word ("Ada6:37 PM"). Neither defect is visible in
Chrome, which collapses the row into a single text node.
What changed
skills/aria-specialist/references/flex-and-grid-text-runs.md(WCAG 1.3.1 / 1.3.2) plus a pointer line in
SKILL.md.skills/mobile-accessibility/references/phase-1-react-native-and-expo-auditing.md:"One phrase, one stop" subsection in the iOS audit phase.
skills/aria-specialist/examples/findings.json: newARIA-012.CHANGELOG.md,skills/a11y-core/references/sources.md.Source Citations
Verification
node scripts/verify.mjs --only spec,skills,conformance,budgets,findings,release,matrices- all passnode .github/scripts/markdown-a11y-lint.mjs . --regression --baseline-ref main --fail-on error- cleanRefs #207