Roles

A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site. Description A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site. An article is not a navigational landmark, but may be nested to…

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…

Description A single item in a list or directory. Authors MUST ensure elements with role listitem are contained in, or owned by, an element with the role list or group. ROle=Listitem Example Pseudo-list with ‘list’ and ‘list-item’ roles Characteristics Superclass Role Subclass Roles Required Context Role Supported States and Properties Inherited States and Properties Name…

A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list of choices. Description A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list of choices. See related combobox and list. Items within the list are static and, unlike standard HTML select elements, may contain images. List boxes…

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. Role=List Example Pseudo-list with ‘list’ and ‘list-item’ roles Characteristics Superclass Role Subclass Roles Base Concept Required Owned Elements Inherited…

An interactive reference to an internal or external resource that, when activated, causes the user agent to navigate to that resource. Description An interactive reference to an internal or external resource that, when activated, causes the user agent to navigate to that resource. See related button. If this is a native link in the host…