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What is ARIA?

ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, an international organization that creates standards for the World Wide Web).

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However, ARIA should not be used when HTML provides sufficient semantics for accessibility.

When to

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Use ARIA

Following are some basic rules on using ARIA.

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Text that describes an interactive control must be presented to screen reader users when the control is in focus. A button must have descriptive text (such as "Register") and a text input must have a descriptive label (such as "First Name"). The content that screen readers announce to identify a control is called its "accessible name". ARIA can also be used to define accessible names.

The

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Three Components of ARIA

The three main components of ARIA are roles, properties, and states.

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