Using the aria-valuemin attribute

The aria-valuemin attribute is used to define the minimum value allowed for a range widget such as a slider, spinbutton or progressbar. If the aria-valuenow has a known maximum and minimum, the author SHOULD provide properties for aria-valuemax and aria-valuemin.The value of aria-valuemin MUST be less than or equal to the value of aria-valuemax.

aria-valuemin is a required attribute of role slider, scrollbar and spinbutton.

Value

String representation of a number

Possible effects on user agents and assistive technology

If aria-valuemin is not less than or equal to the value of aria-valuemax, this creates an error condition that will be handled by the assistive technology.

Note: Opinions may differ on how assistive technology should handle this technique. The information provided above is one of those opinions and therefore not normative.

Examples

Example 1:

The snippet below shows a simple slider with a minimum value of 1.

<div role="slider" aria-valuenow="4" aria-valuemin="1" aria-valuemax="10">

Working Examples:

Notes

Used With ARIA Roles

Compatibility

TBD: Add support information for common UA and AT product combinations

Additional resources