Invalid ARIA role values
Automated check aria-roles, run with axe-core
- WCAG
- 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)
- Severity
- Moderate: a degraded experience
- Typical effort
- Quick win, under 1 hour
- Category
- Code quality
Who this affects
Screen reader users.
Why it matters
A misspelled or non-existent role is discarded, leaving the element announced as generic content.
How to fix it
Correct the role to a valid ARIA role, or drop it and use the equivalent native HTML element.
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Related checks: Code quality
- ARIA attributes used on the wrong elements
- ARIA roles that do not suit the element
- Braille-only ARIA attributes have no spoken equivalent
- ARIA attributes used in ways the role does not allow
- Deprecated ARIA roles are used
- The page body is hidden from assistive technology
- ARIA labels placed on elements that cannot carry them
- ARIA roles are missing their required attributes