Top "Wai-aria" questions

WAI-ARIA, the Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification suite, defines a way to make web content and web applications more accessible to people with disabilities.

Accessibility: sr-only or aria-label

From MDN: In the example below, a button is styled to look like a typical "close" button, with an X …

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aria tags - force screen reader to read some text

on my website a user can click on a "livechat" button and a chat window appears. I was looking for …

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DIV ARIA-LABEl not being read by JAWS

I have an angular2 application and I am binding some dynamic text to ARIA-LABEl for a nested DIV. But when …

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Invalid role attribute value for section element?

In a website I'm working on right now, I have a section element which type is set to "main". According …

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HTML5 main element versus ARIA landmark role="main"

I'm interested to learn more about the relationship, and possible distinctions, between the HTML5 <main> element, and the …

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Why does `ul` have ARIA role `menu` but `menuitem` is forbidden for `li`?

Just covered out some strage specs regarding ARIA roles. Why does ul have ARIA role menu but menuitem is forbidden …

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Button with icon labelled with aria-label still an 'Empty Button' error

A button with an aria-label: <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Sort"> <i …

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Accessibility: Page Loader indicator using aria-live

Issue: I have an accessibility issue that I am struggling with. I have an angular web application. A page loading …

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Can font size be set to 0px to hide labels, and still be readable by screen readers

I need to implement a form with placeholder text and no visible labels, but still have it be accessible to …

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What is the difference between aria-owns and aria-controls

What is the real impact on an element when using aria-owns="id" and(!) aria-controls="id" How do the browsers notify …

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