aria-atomic attribute | ariaAtomic property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Indicates whether assistive technologies will present all, or only parts of, the changed region based on the change notifications defined by the aria-relevant attribute.

Internet Explorer 10

Syntax

HTML
<element aria-atomic="true|false" ... />

Property values

Type: DOMString

true

Present the region as a whole when changes are detected.

false

Default. Present only the changed regions.

Standards information

Remarks

Used in Roles
No role required.

 

When the content of a live region changes, the change is presented to the user based on the following rules:

See also

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
aria-relevant

 

 

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