ARIA Role Reference

An input that allows for user-triggered actions when clicked or pressed.

A checkable input that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed.

A presentation of a select; usually similar to a textbox where users can type a value or select an option.

A dialog is a descendant window of the primary window of a web application.

A cell in a grid or treegrid.

An interactive reference to an internal or external resource.

A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list of choices.

A type of widget that offers a list of choices to the user.

A presentation of menu that usually remains visible and is usually presented horizontally.

An option in a set of choices contained by a menu or menubar.

A checkable menuitem that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed.

A radio button in a set of menuitemradio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time.

A selectable item in a listbox.

An element that displays the progress status for tasks that take a long time.

A checkable input in a group of radio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time.

A graphical object that controls the scrolling of content within a viewing area.

A type of textbox intended for specifying search criteria.

A user input where the user selects a value from within a given range.

A form of range that expects the user to select from among discrete choices.

A type of checkbox that represents on/off values, as opposed to checked/unchecked values.

A grouping label providing a mechanism for selecting the tab content that is to be rendered to the user.

A container for the resources associated with a tab.

A type of input that allows free-form text as its value.

A type of live region containing a numerical counter which indicates an amount of elapsed time from a start point.

A contextual popup that displays a description for an element.

An option item of a tree. This is an element within a tree that may be expanded or collapsed.

A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site.

A cell in a tabular container.

A cell containing header information for a column.

A definition of a term or concept.

A perceivable section of content that typically contains a graphical document, images, code snippets, or example text.

A composite widget containing a collection of one or more rows with one or more cells where some or all cells in the grid are focusable.

A set of user interface objects which are not intended to be included in a page summary or table of contents.

A heading for a section of the page.

A container for a collection of elements that form an image.

A section containing listitem elements.

A single item in a list or directory.

Content that represents a mathematical expression.

A section whose content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.

An element whose implicit native role semantics will not be mapped to the accessibility API.

A row of cells in a tabular container.

A structure containing one or more row elements in a tabular container.

A cell containing header information for a row in a grid.

A divider that separates and distinguishes sections of content or groups of menuitems.

A section containing data arranged in rows and columns.

A word or phrase with a corresponding definition.

A collection of commonly used function buttons or controls represented in a compact visual form.

A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a hierarchically organized collection.

A grid whose rows can be expanded and collapsed in the same manner as for a tree.

A region that contains mostly site-oriented content, rather than page-specific content. Usually the site header.

A supporting section of the document, designed to be complementary to the main content.

A large perceivable region that contains information about the parent document. Usually the site footer.

A landmark region that contains a collection of items and objects that, as a whole, combine to create a form.

The main content of a document.

A collection of navigational elements (usually links) for navigating the document or related documents.

A large perceivable section of a web page or document, that the author feels is important enough to be included in a page summary or table of contents.

A landmark region that contains the search functionality for the site.