Group as allowed acc child of role menu if acc child of menuitem

[giacomo-petri]

Describe your concern

<div role="menu">
	<div role="group">
		<span role="menuitem">Item 1</span>
		<div role="group">
			<span role="menuitem">Item 2</span>
			<span role="menuitem">Item 3</span>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

Per ARIA specs, the role="menu" accepts group as acc child only if one of the following is true:

• group with accessibility child menuitem
• group with accessibility child menuitemradio
• group with accessibility child menuitemcheckbox

but it's unclear whether a group containing another group (group > (or with generic intervening) group) is acceptable. As written, it appears to be allowed as long as the parent group has at least one accessible child menuitem, but I'm not sure if that was the intended meaning.

[giacomo-petri]

@giacomo-petri to test it and provide evidence

[aardrian]

If you need testing on AT you don't have, hit me up.

[spectranaut]

Discussed in today's ARIA meeting: https://www.w3.org/2025/02/20-aria-minutes#56b0