The ariaRoleDescription property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-roledescription attribute, which defines a human-readable, author-localized description for the role of an element.
Element.ariaRoleDescription
Value
A DOMString.
Examples
In this example the aria-roledescription attribute on the element with an ID of myApplication has been set. Using ariaRoleDescription we can update the value.
<div id="myApplication" role="application" aria-roledescription="a description of this widget">...</div>
let el = document.getElementById('myApplication'); console.log(el.ariaRoleDescription); // "a description of this widget" el.ariaRoleDescription = "an updated description of this widget" console.log(el.ariaRoleDescription); // "an updated description of this widget"
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
ariaRoleDescription |
81
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81
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No
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No
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68
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12.1
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81
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81
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No
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58
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12.2
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13.0
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/ariaRoleDescription
