Synopsize the meaning of abbreviations and glossary terms the first time they are used in a section. Acronyms we don't expand (but wrap in <abbr> elements): API Acronyms we do expand (don't use the acronym) RIA (use rich internet application) AT (use assistive technology) Cross refer...
So complemntary content can be part of the main flow of content, but it’s seperation will not result in either the main content or complementary content losing meaning. Reply Stomme poes says: May 6, 2015 at 11:31 am @Davide it could be current/new versions of JAWS support while ...
By default, all elements are set to `aria-atomic="false"`, meaning screen readers only report content changes. If you change it to `aria-atomic="true"`, screen readers will read out the whole thing, including the unchanged part. In most cases, there's no need to change the default ...
Rather than specify adivto be a control type, such as a button, specify its content type, such as "main" or "search". Specifying a content type exposes to assistive technology that this content is a landmark, meaning a logical chunk of the page's content, and what type of content it...
WAI-ARIA specification The W3C specification itself. WAI-ARIA authoring practices The official best practices documents how best to ARIA-ify common widgets and interactions. An excellent resource. Writing keyboard-navigable JavaScript widgets Built-in elements like<input>,<button>, etc. have built-in...
The primary difference between using live region roles and usingaria-liveon its own is thatlive region roles have semantic meaning.They add explicitsemanticsto an element (This is an alert,This is a status message, etc.), so some screen readers may announce “alert” before announcing the con...
By default, the first allowed operation is allowed by drop targets, meaning that the drop target accepts data of any type and operation.getDropOperation#The getDropOperation function passed to useDroppableCollection can be used to provide appropriate feedback to the user when a drag hovers over ...
Semantics is the science of meaning; in this case, used to assign roles, states, and properties that apply to user interface and content elements as a human would understand. dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript ...
ARIA 1.1 introduces a smattering of new attributes, expands the meaning of a few existing attributes, and marks a couple of ARIA 1.0 attributes as deprecated, which means that while they are valid for backwards compatibility they should no longer be used, may they rest in peace. Attributes wit...
Rule Description ARIA attributes starting witharia-must contain valid values. These values must be spelled correctly and correspond to values that make sense for a particular attribute in order to perform the intended accessibility function. The Algorithm (in simple terms) ...