Using ARIA: Roles, states, and properties - Accessibility
aria defines semantics that can be applied to elements, with these divided into roles (defining a type of user interface element) and states and properties that are supported by a role.
... roles widget roles button checkbox gridcell link menuitem menuitemcheckbox menuitemradio option progressbar radio scrollbar searchbox separator (when focusable) slider spinbutton switch tab tabpanel textbox treeitem composite roles the techniques below describe each composite role as well as their required and optional child roles.
... combobox grid (including row, gridcell, rowheader, columnheader roles) listbox (including option role) menu menubar radiogroup (see radio role) tablist (including tab and tabpanel roles) tree treegrid document structure roles application article cell columnheader definition directory document feed figure group heading img list listitem math none note presentation row rowgroup rowheader separator table term textbox toolbar tooltip landmark roles banner complementary contentinfo form main navigation region search live region roles alert log marquee status timer window roles alertdialog dialog states and properties widget attributes aria-autocomplete aria-checked aria-current aria-disabled aria-errormessage ...

WAI-ARIA Roles - Accessibility
this page lists reference pages covering all the wai-aria roles discussed on mdn.
... for a full list of roles, see using aria: roles, states, and properties aria: alert rolethe alert role can be used to tell the user an element has been dynamically updated.
...it is used to provide a generic landmark for people to be able to navigate to easily when none of the other landmark roles are appropriate.aria: row rolean element with role="row" is a row of cells within a tabular structure.

Gecko Roles
« at apis support page this page offers a list of accessible roles used in gecko.

WAI-ARIA basics - Learn web development
there are three main features defined in the spec: roles — these define what an element is or does.
... many of these are so-called landmark roles, which largely duplicate the semantic value of html5 structural elements e.g.
... note: you can find a useful list of all the aria roles and their uses, with links to futher information, in the wai-aria spec — see definition of roles.
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Accessibility API cross-reference
all accessibility apis to date define a list of possible object roles, or general types, such as button, menu item, text, etc.
... these tables describe how various accessibility apis define possible roles of an object, and states.
... all accessibility apis to date define a list of possible object roles, or general types, such as button, menu item, text, etc.
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ARIA: Region role - Accessibility
it is used to provide a generic landmark for people to be able to navigate to easily when none of the other landmark roles are appropriate.
...landmark roles provide a way to identify the organization and structure of a web page.
...screen readers use landmark roles to provide keyboard navigation to important sections of a page.
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Web applications and ARIA FAQ - Accessibility
javascript toolkits aria roles, states, and properties have been added to a number of popular javascript user interface toolkits, including: dojo/dijit jquery ui fluid infusion google closure google web toolkit bbc glow yahoo!
...unfortunately, there isn't a more semantic tag available to developers in html 4, so we need to include aria roles and properties.
...var progressbar = document.getelementbyid("percent-loaded"); // set its aria roles and states, so that assistive technologies know what kind of widget it is.
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ARIA: cell role - Accessibility
if a cell contains column or row header information, use the colheader or rowheader roles, respecitively.
... associated wai-aria roles, states, and properties context roles role="row" an element with role="row" is a row of cells within a tabular structure.
... subclass roles role="gridcell" a cell in a row within a grid or treegrid.
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Gecko info for Windows accessibility vendors
roles, states and events: please read the msaa documentation on msdn if you are unfamiliar with these.
...these roles can occur on content because of the new accessible dhtml technology which allows the author to specify the type of document or container.
...there are currently two techniques for parsing tables: 1) use acclocation() to get the coordinates for each cell and feed that into an algorithm that builds up your own table data structure, or 2) use isimpledomnode and parse the table see below for the complete list of roles and notes about what we support intentional differences with internet explorer for the most part, where we support an msaa feature, we have tried to duplicate internet explorer's use of it.
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ARIA: row role - Accessibility
associated wai-aria roles, states, and properties context roles role="rowgroup" an optional contextual row parent, it establishes a relationship between descendant rows.
... descendant roles role="cell" a cell in a row within a tabular container.
... examples <div role="table" aria-label="semantic elements" aria-describedby="semantic_elements_table_desc" aria-rowcount="81"> <div id="semantic_elements_table_desc">semantic elements to use instead of aria's roles</div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row"> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">aria role</span> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">semantic element</span> </div> </div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row" aria-rowindex="11"> <span role="cell">header</span> <span role="cell">h1</span> </div> <div role="row" aria-rowindex...
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ARIA: rowgroup role - Accessibility
associated wai-aria roles, states, and properties context roles role="table" one of the three possible contexts (along with grid and treegrid) in which you'll find a row.
... descendant roles role="row" a row of cells within a tabular structure.
... examples <div role="table" aria-label="semantic elements" aria-describedby="semantic_elements_table_desc" aria-rowcount="81"> <div id="semantic_elements_table_desc">semantic elements to use instead of aria's roles</div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row"> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">aria role</span> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">semantic element</span> </div> </div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row" aria-rowindex="11"> <span role="cell">header</span> <span role="cell">h1</span> </div> <div role="row" aria-rowindex...
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ARIA: Navigation Role - Accessibility
landmark roles provide a way to identify the organization and structure of a web page.
...screen readers use landmark roles to provide keyboard navigation to important sections of a page.
... associated wai-aria roles, states, and properties aria-label a brief description of the purpose of the navigation, omitting the term "navigation", as the screen reader will read both the role and the contents of the label.
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ARIA: table role - Accessibility
<div role="table" aria-label="semantic elements" aria-describedby="semantic_elements_table_desc" aria-rowcount="81"> <div id="semantic_elements_table_desc">semantic elements to use instead of aria's roles</div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row"> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">aria role</span> <span role="columnheader" aria-sort="none">semantic element</span> </div> </div> <div role="rowgroup"> <div role="row" aria-rowindex="11"> <span role="cell">header</span> <span role="cell">h1</span> </div> <div role="row" aria-rowindex="16"> ...
... all other semantic table elements, such as <tbody>, <thead>, <tr>, <th>, and <td> need to be added via associated roles, such as rowgroup, row, columnheader, and cell.
... associated wai-aria roles, states, and properties role="rowgroup" an optional child of the table, the row group encapsulates a group of rows, similar to thead, tbody, and tfoot.
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ARIA - Accessibility
for instance, native elements have built-in keyboard accessibility, roles and states.
...unfortunately, there isn't a more semantic tag available to developers in html 4, so we need to include aria roles and properties.
...var progressbar = document.getelementbyid("percent-loaded"); // set its aria roles and states, // so that assistive technologies know what kind of widget it is.
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Implementing a Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) Server - Accessibility
te_offscreen [important] state_sizeable state_moveable state_selfvoicing state_focusable [important] state_selectable [important] state_linked [important] state_traversed [important] state_multiselectable [important] state_extselectable state_alert_low state_alert_medium state_alert_high state_protected [important] state_haspopup msaa roles cheat sheet for information on what each role does, see the msdn role constants page.
... check with your assistive technology partners to find out what roles you need to support.
... there's a very good chance they won't ask for more than the roles marked [important]: there is no need to support the objects marked [inserted by system].
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