Roles

WAI-ARIA: Role=Emphasis

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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 intended to convey importance; for that purpose, the strong role is more appropriate.

Characteristics

Superclass Role

section

Related Concepts

<em> in [HTML]

Inherited States and Properties

Prohibited States and Properties

Semantic HTML

The HTML alternative for role=”emphasis” is the <em> tag.

Reference

WAI-ARIA 1.2 Specification
Refer to the notes from the WAI-ARIA 1.2 specification for more information on role=emphasis

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WAI-ARIA: Role=Emphasis

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