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A large perceivable region that contains information about the parent document. <p role="contentinfo"> Author: Albert Einstein<br> Published: August 15, 1940 </p>

A definition of a term or concept. <span role="term" aria-labelledby="def1">Love</span> <span id="def1" role="definition">an intense feeling of deep affection.</span>

A dialog is an application window that is designed to interrupt the current processing of an application in order to prompt the user to enter information or require a response. <div role="dialog"> <p>Are you sure?</p> <button role="button">Yes</b...

A list of references to members of a group, such as a static table of contents. <ul role="directory"> <li><a href="/chapter-1">Chapter 1</a></li> <li><a href="/chapter-2">Chapter 2</a></li> <li><a ...

A grid is an interactive control which contains cells of tabular data arranged in rows and columns, like a table. <table role="grid"> <thead> <!-- etc --> </thead> <tbody> <!-- etc --> </tbody> </table>

A cell in a grid or treegrid. <table role="grid"> <thead> <!-- etc --> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td role="gridcell">17</td> <td role="gridcell">64</td> <td role="gr...

A heading for a section of the page. <h1 role="heading">Introduction</h1> <p>Lorem ipsum...</p>

A container for a collection of elements that form an image. <figure role="img"> <img alt="A cute cat." src="albert.jpg"> <figcaption>This is my cat, Albert.</figcaption> <figure>

An interactive reference to an internal or external resource that, when activated, causes the user agent to navigate to that resource. In the majority of cases setting an ARIA role and/or aria-* attribute that matches the default implicit ARIA semantics is unnecessary and not recommended as these...

A group of non-interactive list items. <ul role="list"> <li role="listitem">One</li> <li role="listitem">Two</li> <li role="listitem">Three</li> </ul>

A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list of choices. <ul role="listbox"> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> <li>Three</li> </ul> Typically, you would use JavaScript to build the multiple-selection functionali...

A single item in a list or directory. <ul role="list"> <li role="listitem">One</li> <li role="listitem">Two</li> <li role="listitem">Three</li> </ul>

The main content of a document. <!-- header & nav here --> <div role="main"> <p>Lorem ipsum...</p> </div> <!-- footer here -->

An option in a group of choices contained by a menu or menubar. <ul role="menubar"> <li role="menuitem">File</li> <li role="menuitem">Edit</li> <li role="menuitem">View</li> <li role="menuitem&quot...

A checkable menuitem that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed. <ul role="menu"> <li role="menuitem">Console</li> <li role="menuitem">Layout</li> <li role="menuitemcheckbox" aria-checked="true"&g...

A checkable menuitem in a group of menuitemradio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time. <ul role="menu"> <li role="menuitemradio" aria-checked="true">Left</li> <li role="menuitemradio" aria-checked="false">C...

A collection of navigational elements (usually links) for navigating the document or related documents. <ul role="navigation"> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about">About</a></li> <li>&lt...

A selectable item in a select list. <ul role="listbox"> <li role="option">Option 1</li> <li role="option">Option 2</li> <li role="option">Option 3</li> </ul>

An element whose implicit native role semantics will not be mapped to the accessibility API. <div style="float:left;">Some content on the left.</div> <div style="float:right;">Some content on the right</div> <div role="presentation" style=&...

A checkable input in a group of radio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time. <div role="radiogroup"> <input role="radio" type="radio" aria-checked="true"> One<br> <input role="radio" type="radio" aria...