WAI-ARIA: aria-orientation (Property)
WAI-ARIA: aria-orientation (Property)
Description
Indicates whether the element’s orientation is horizontal, vertical, or unknown/ambiguous.
Note: In ARIA 1.1, the default value for aria-orientation changed from horizontal to undefined. Implicit defaults are defined on some roles (e.g., slider defaults to horizontal; scrollbar defaults to vertical) but remain undefined on roles where an expected default orientation is ambiguous (e.g., radiogroup).
Browser Compatibility
| desktop | mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ariaOrientation | ChromeFull support81 | EdgeFull support81 | FirefoxNo supportNo | Internet ExplorerNo supportNo | OperaFull support68 | SafariFull support12.1 | WebView AndroidFull support81 | Chrome AndroidFull support81 | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo | Opera AndroidFull support58 | Safari on iOSFull support12.2 | Samsung InternetFull support13.0 |
aria-orientation Example
Example coming soon
Characteristics
Used in Roles
Inherits into Roles
Value
- token
One of a limited set of allowed values. An explicit value of undefined for this type is the equivalent of providing no value. - horizontal
- The element is oriented horizontally.
- undefined (default)
- The element’s orientation is unknown/ambiguous.
- vertical
- The element is oriented vertically.
Semantic HTML
No HTML element equivalent.
Reference
- WAI-ARIA 1.2 Specification
Refer to the notes from the WAI-ARIA 1.2 specification for more information on aria-orientation. - MDN Web Docs
The browser compatibility for each of the ARIA attributes is taken from the MDN Web Docs. Please refer to the original source if browser compatibility is updated for aria-orientation.
