Discover the comprehensive guide to implementing WAI-ARIA for web accessibility. Improve user experience and inclusivity on your website with practical tips and best practices.
One or more emphasized characters. Description One or more emphasized characters. The purpose of the emphasis role is to stress or emphasize content. It is not for communicating changes in typographical presentation that do not impact the meaning of the content. Authors SHOULD use the emphasis role only if its absence would change the meaning of the content. The emphasis role is not…
A section containing data arranged in rows and columns Description New in ARIA 1.1 A section containing data arranged in rows and columns. The table role is intended for tabular containers which are not interactive. If the tabular container maintains a selection state, provides its own two-dimensional navigation, or allows the user to rearrange or…
The most frequently discussed topics among developers, designers, and accessibility professionals relate to the accessibility of calendar widgets. While it is not difficult to make a calendar widget accessible, there are still instances where date pickers are inaccessible and cannot be used by assistive technologies. While it is always possible to provide alternative methods of…
Before you start with this article on infinite scroll, we suggest why infinite scroll is bad for screen reader users! It was a day of nightmares; it was a day of darkness in my digital world. I felt this as my fingers and the tab key of my keyboard were in a war with the…
A type of textbox intended for specifying search criteria.Widget role Description New in ARIA 1.1A type of textbox intended for specifying search criteria. See related textbox and search. Role=Searchbox Example HTML Example HTML Example 2 Characteristics Superclass Role Base Concept Inherited States and Properties Name From Accessible Name Required Semantic HTML No HTML element equivalent.The…
WAI-ARIA stands for Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications. WAI-ARIA help achieve the accessibility of complex widgets & dynamic content developed with Java Script, HTML, Ajax & other related technologies. Since March 20th 2014 WAI-ARIA is a W3C recommendation & it is being adapted widely by the developer community. You could think of…
