group role

A set of user interface objects which are not intended to be included in a page summary or table of contents by assistive technologies.

Estimated Support About

66.67% + 33.33% = 100.0%

JAWS

Chrome

92
1

Edge

92

IE

11-11.134
1

Firefox

66-70
1

Narrator

Edge

44-44.17763.1.0

NVDA

Chrome

92

Edge

92

Firefox

67-70

Orca

Firefox

69-70

TalkBack

Android

75-78
2 3 4

VoiceOver (iOS)

iOS

12.3-13.3
2 3 4

VoiceOver (MacOS)

Safari

12.1.1-13.0.4

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Chrome

76-78

Voice Access (Android)

Android

77-78

Voice Control (iOS)

iOS

13.0-13.3

Voice Control (MacOS)

Safari

13.0.2-13.0.4

Windows Speech Recognition

Edge

44

Chrome

77-78

Notes

  • 1

    APG 1.1 Checkbox Example (Two State): Pressing the TAB or SHIFT+TAB keys to focus the first (or last) checkbox in the group caused the group label to be announced, but not the group role.

  • 2

    Didn’t convey the name if named

  • 3

    Didn’t convey its role

  • 4

    Didn’t convey the boundaries of the group

Resources

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