log role

A type of live region where new information is added in meaningful order and old information may disappear

Estimated Support About

100.0% partially supported

JAWS

Chrome

92
1

Edge

92
1

IE

11

Firefox

82
2 1

Narrator

Edge

86
3 4 2 1

NVDA

Chrome

92

Edge

92

Firefox

82
2 1

Orca

Firefox

82
2 1

TalkBack

Android

86
2 1

VoiceOver (iOS)

iOS

14.2
2 1

VoiceOver (MacOS)

Safari

14.0
1

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Voice Access (Android)

Voice Control (iOS)

Voice Control (MacOS)

Windows Speech Recognition

Notes

  • 1

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

  • 2

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

  • 3

    Didn’t announce changes to the live region

  • 4

    Didn’t convey the implicit aria-atomic value of false by only announcing content that has changed

Resources

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