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Re: ARIA Examples Specific to Alert

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From: Seth Kane
Date: May 11, 2010 5:27PM

Thanks. Which leads me to my next question. Does anyone know of a list
out there that shows which features of ARIA are supported by which
browsers and which screen readers?

Seth

On May 11, 2010, at 5:22 PM, "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Seth Kane < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any examples of ARIA (role=alert) that actually
>> work?
>
> I believe that the alert role must generally be set with scripting
> after the page has loaded. It doesn't work particularly well to just
> add role="alert" to an element in the page. But if you have an
> existing element and set the role to alert with scripting at some
> point well after the page is loaded, it should be read (assuming
> you're in an ARIA supported browser and screen reader).
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM
>