hixie: Cover more possible misuses for hidden=''. Anyone got good suggestions of short examples where hidden='' is useful? All the examples I can think of are huge... (whatwg r4846)

hixie: Cover more possible misuses for hidden=''. Anyone got good
suggestions of short examples where hidden='' is useful? All the
examples I can think of are huge... (whatwg r4846)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3881&r2=1.3882&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4845&to=4846
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 presentation. For example, it is incorrect to use <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> to hide panels in a tabbed dialog,
 because the tabbed interface is merely a kind of overflow
 presentation &mdash; showing all the form controls in one big page
- with a scrollbar would be equivalent, and no less correct.<p>Elements in a section hidden by the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> attribute are still active,
+ with a scrollbar would be equivalent, and no less correct. It is
+ similarly incorrect to use this attribute to hide content just from
+ one presentation &mdash; if something is marked <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>, it is hidden from all
+ presentations, including, for instance, screen readers.</p><!-- for example, "<a hidden href=#content>Skip to content</a>" would be inappropriate. --><!-- (but only add that example if you first add some more good valid examples --><p>Elements that are not <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>
+ should not link to or refer to elements that are <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>.<div class="example">
+
+ <p>For example, it would be incorrect to use the <code title="attr-hyperlink-href"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-href">href</a></code> attribute to link to a
+ section marked with the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>
+ attribute. If the content is not applicable or relevant, then there
+ is no reason to link to it.</p>
+
+ <p>It would similarly be incorrect to use the ARIA <code title="attr-aria-describedby">aria-describedby</code> attribute to
+ refer to descriptions that are themselves <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>. Hiding a section means that it
+ is not applicable or relevant to anyone at the current time, so
+ clearly it cannot be a valid description of content the user can
+ interact with.</p>
+
+ </div><p>Elements in a section hidden by the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> attribute are still active,
 e.g. scripts and form controls in such sections still execute
 and submit respectively. Only their presentation to the user
 changes.<div class="impl">
@@ -68655,7 +68672,7 @@
 Aaron Leventhal,
 Adam Barth,
 Adam de Boor,
- Adam Hepton
+ Adam Hepton,
 Adam Roben,
 Addison Phillips,
 Adele Peterson,

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