Aria-live

Rolealert vs aria-live

Rolealert vs aria-live
  1. What does aria-live mean?
  2. What is role alert?
  3. Where do you use aria-live?
  4. What is aria's role in accessibility?

What does aria-live mean?

The aria-live attribute makes it possible for an AT (such as a screen reader) to be notified when error messages are injected into a Live Region container. The content within the aria-live region is automatically read by the AT, without the AT having to focus on the place where the text is displayed.

What is role alert?

The alert role is used to communicate an important and usually time-sensitive message to the user. When this role is added to an element, the browser will send out an accessible alert event to assistive technology products which can then notify the user.

Where do you use aria-live?

The aria-live attribute can be applied to any HTML element. Screen readers will then be made aware of any [INAUDIBLE] changes within that element after the page has initially been loaded. Now, the three possible values for the aria-live attribute.

What is aria's role in accessibility?

Accessible Rich Internet Applications ( ARIA ) is a set of roles and attributes that define ways to make web content and web applications (especially those developed with JavaScript) more accessible to people with disabilities.

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