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aria-rowspan(properties)

Defines the number of rows spanned by a cell or gridcell within a table, grid, or treegrid.

Description

Defines the number of rows spanned by a cell or gridcell within a table, grid, or treegrid. See related aria-rowindex and aria-colspan.

This attribute is intended for cells and gridcells which are not contained in a native table. When defining the row span of cells or gridcells in a native table, authors SHOULD use the host language’s attribute instead of aria-rowspan. If aria-rowspan is used on an element for which the host language provides an equivalent attribute, user agents MUST ignore the value of aria-rowspan and instead expose the value of the host language’s attribute to assistive technologies.

Authors MUST set the value of aria-rowspan to an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than the value which would cause the cell or gridcell to overlap the next cell or gridcell in the same column. Setting the value to 0 indicates that the cell or gridcell is to span all the remaining rows in the row group.

Example

Example coming soon

Characteristics

Used in Roles

  • cell

Inherits into Roles

  • columnheader
  • gridcell
  • rowheader

Value

  • integer
    • A numerical value without a fractional component.

Semantic HTML

Use the rowspan attribute of the <td> or <th> tag,

<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
<th>Savings for holiday!</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
<td rowspan="2">$50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>

Reference

W3C (opens new window)

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