ARIA: marquee role
A marquee
is a type of live region containing non-essential information which changes frequently.
Description
The marquee
role defines an area as a type of live region that presents non-essential information that changes frequently. Examples of marquees include stock tickers and ad banners; information that is not necessarily sought out by the user that may be presented in any order. The main difference between a marquee
and a log
is that log information is presented in a meaningful order such as a by date.
Elements with the role marquee have an implicit aria-live value of off
.
The marquee is required to have an accessible name. Use aria-labelledby
if a visible label is present, otherwise use aria-label
.
Associated WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties
aria-live
-
Defines when assistive technology should inform the user of updates to content. Elements with the role
marquee
have an implicit aria-live value ofoff
, meaning screen readers will not announce changes inside the marquee, even when the user is idle. aria-label
oraria-labelledby
-
The
marquee
is required to have an accessible name. Usearia-labelledby
if a visible label is present, otherwise usearia-label
.
Specifications
Specification |
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # marquee |