Description A grid whose rows can be expanded and collapsed in the same manner as for a tree. If aria-readonly is set on an element with role treegrid, user agents MUST propagate the value to all gridcell elements owned by the treegrid and expose the value in the accessibility API. An author MAY override the…
Description An option item of a tree. This is an element within a tree that may be expanded or collapsed if it contains a sub-level group of tree item elements. A collection of treeitem elements to be expanded and collapsed are enclosed in an element with the group role. Authors MUST ensure elements with role…
Description An interactive component of a graphical user interface (GUI). Widgets are discrete user interface objects with which the user can interact. Widget roles map to standard features in accessibility APIs. When the user navigates an element assigned any of the non-abstract subclass roles of widget, assistive technologies that typically intercept standard keyboard events SHOULD…
Description A browser or application window. Elements with this role have a window-like behavior in a graphical user interface (GUI) context, regardless of whether they are implemented as a native window in the operating system, or merely as a section of the document styled to look like a window. Note: In the description of this role,…
The fifth of June 2018 saw a lot of buzz in the world of digital accessibility, social media and in blogs. What was this all about? Well, many may know; if no, wake up to hear, read and see Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 becoming the published recommendation. Yes, on June 5, 2018, W3C published…
Description Indicates an element is being modified and that assistive technologies MAY want to wait until the modifications are complete before exposing them to the user. The default value of aria-busy is false for all elements. When aria-busy is true for an element, assistive technologies MAY ignore changes to content owned by that element and…
