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WAI-ARIA: Role=List

A section containing listitem elements.

Description

A section containing listitem elements. See related listbox.

Lists contain children whose role is listitem, or elements whose role is group which in turn contains children whose role is listitem.

Example

Pseudo-list with ‘list’ and ‘list-item’ roles

  • list: A group of non-interactive list items
  • listitem: A single item in a list or directory

<div role="list">
<div role="listitem">dog</div>
<div role="listitem">cat</div>
<div role="listitem">sparrow</div>
<div role="listitem">wolf!</div>
</div>

Characteristics

Superclass Role

  • section

Subclass Roles

  • directory
  • feed

Base Concept

  • HTML ol
  • HTML ul

Required Owned Elements

  • group → listitem
  • listitem

Inherited States and Properties

  • aria-atomic
  • aria-busy (state)
  • aria-controls
  • aria-current (state)
  • aria-describedby
  • aria-details
  • aria-disabled (state)
  • aria-dropeffect
  • aria-errormessage
  • aria-expanded (state)
  • aria-flowto
  • aria-grabbed (state)
  • aria-haspopup
  • aria-hidden (state)
  • aria-invalid (state)
  • aria-keyshortcuts
  • aria-label
  • aria-labelledby
  • aria-live
  • aria-owns
  • aria-relevant
  • aria-roledescription

Name From

  • author

Semantic HTML

Use the HTML <ul>, <ol> or <dl> tag.

<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>


<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>


<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>

Reference

W3C (opens new window)

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