WAI-ARIA: Role=Roletype

A dialog is a descendant window of the primary window of a web application. For HTML pages, the primary application window is the entire web document, i.e., the body element. Description A dialog is a descendant window of the primary window of a web application. For HTML pages, the primary application window is the entire web document, i.e.,…

  A message with important, and usually time-sensitive, information. Description A type of live region with important, and usually time-sensitive, information. See related alertdialog and status. Alerts are used to convey messages to alert the user. In the case of audio warnings this is an accessible alternative for a hearing-impaired user. The alert role goes…

A type of widget that offers a list of choices to the user.  Description A type of widget that offers a list of choices to the user.A menu is often a list of common actions or functions that the user can invoke. The menu role is appropriate when a list of menu items is presented in a…

A type of dialog that contains an alert message, where initial focus goes to an element within the dialog. Description A type of dialog that contains an alert message, where initial focus goes to an element within the dialog. See related alert and dialog. Alert dialogs are used to convey messages to alert the user….

A perceivable section containing content that is relevant to a specific, author-specified purpose and sufficiently important that users will likely want to be able to navigate to the section easily and to have it listed in a summary of the page. Such a page summary could be generated dynamically by a user agent or assistive…

A type of live region where new information is added in meaningful order and old information may disappear. Description A type of live region where new information is added in meaningful order and old information may disappear. See related marquee. Examples include chat logs, messaging history, game log, or an error log. In contrast to other live…