alert role

A type of live region with important, and usually time-sensitive, information. See related alertdialog and status.

Estimated Support About

8.33% + 83.33% = 91.66%

JAWS

Chrome

84
1 2

Edge

91
1 2

IE

11
2

Firefox

90
2

Narrator

Edge

83
2

NVDA

Chrome

91
2

Edge

91
2

Firefox

90
2

Orca

Firefox

77
5 3 1 4

TalkBack

Android

84
3

VoiceOver (iOS)

iOS

13.4.1
2 4

VoiceOver (MacOS)

Safari

13.1.1

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Voice Access (Android)

Voice Control (iOS)

Voice Control (MacOS)

Windows Speech Recognition

Notes

  • 1

    Didn’t convey the implicit aria-live value of assertive by interrupting the current announcement

  • 2

    Didn’t convey its name and role while navigating the page if it has a name

  • 3

    Didn’t convey the implicit aria-atomic value of true by announcing the entire region

  • 4

    Didn’t convey its name and role as part of the live announcement if it has a name

  • 5

    Didn’t announce changes to the live region

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