Element: ariaModal property
Baseline 2023
Newly available
Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The ariaModal
property of the Element
interface reflects the value of the aria-modal
attribute, which indicates whether an element is modal when displayed. Applying the aria-modal
property to an element with role="dialog"
replaces the technique of using aria-hidden on the background for informing assistive technologies that content outside a dialog is inert.
Value
Examples
In this example the aria-modal
attribute on the element with an ID of address-modal
is set to "true" indicating that this is a modal dialog. Using ariaModal
we update the value to "false".
html
<div
role="dialog"
id="address-modal"
aria-labelledby="dialog1Title"
aria-describedby="dialog1Desc"
aria-modal="true"></div>
js
let el = document.getElementById("address-modal");
console.log(el.ariaModal); // "true"
el.ariaModal = "false";
console.log(el.ariaModal); // "false"
Specifications
Specification |
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariamodal |
Browser compatibility
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