Element: ariaColSpan property
The ariaColSpan
property of the Element
interface reflects the value of the aria-colspan
attribute, which defines the number of columns spanned by a cell or gridcell within a table, grid, or treegrid.
Value
A string which contains an integer.
Examples
In this example the aria-colspan
attribute on the element with an ID of spanning-heading
is set to "2". Using ariaColSpan
we update the value to "3".
html
<table>
<tr>
<th>Heading 1</th>
<th>Heading 2</th>
<th>Heading 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" aria-colspan="2" id="spanning-column">Spanning</td>
<td>One</td>
</tr>
</table>
js
let el = document.getElementById("spanning-column");
console.log(el.ariaColSpan);
el.ariaColSpan = "3";
console.log(el.ariaColSpan);
Specifications
Specification |
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariacolspan |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser