the operating system's accessibility APIs. When ARIA is present, assistive technologies are able to interact with JavaScript. Screen readers work with normal HTML, but adding ARIA can provide screen reader users with more context. What is WAI-ARIA not? ARIA has no effect on how page elements are displayed or behave in browsers. ARIA as a specification is designed as a descriptive layer for screen readers, added directly into your HTML code. An example of this is a button: a "real" button element has added keyboard focus, an automatic click handler, or other properties inherent to the button element. A div with the button role will still need all that extra functionality coded to make it as accessible as the native button element. That said, "if you can use.
a native HTML [HTML51] element or attribute with the semantics and behavior you need already built in, instead of reusing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible , so do it .andage OK, it could go either way. Some people call it a band-aid, which means that the usage just employee email list hides the code's underlying accessibility issues. What I'm saying here is NOT to use ARIA in this way. Don't add ARIA just because you can. Like all your code, use it sparingly where it will have the most impact on assistive technology. Jared Smith talks about it in his excellent article “Accessibility Lipstick on a Usability Pig”
: “As ARIA grows in popularity, it is quickly becoming the accessibility lipstick of choice. And some sites are smothered in it, but below it all is still just pigs. While ARIA is a powerful tool to bridge the gaps in, if all you have is an ARIA hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. A replacement for good coding practices As stated earlier, adding ARIA support to a web page will not change the behavior or presentation of the pages to sighted users, so all your own semantic code will have a positive effect on ALL of your users. By using the semantic structure first, with a touch of ARIA added as needed, you will give your site visitors the best experience. Examples of WAI-ARIA Most