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Re: would like to learn aria

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From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Feb 20, 2013 6:12AM

If you use ARIA beyond using landmarks and things like aria-describedby / aria-labeledby you will usually also have use JavaScript. If you create aria-enabled custom widgets such as combo boxes, popup-divs, sliders, accordions etc, you will use JavaScript it to change the state of your widget elements in response to user actions and manage keyboard focus. Aria on it's own doesn't *do* anything - it just lends semantics to the divs and spans you are likely to be using for such widgets, i.e. passes on meaningful roles names and states to the assisitve technology (screen readers) based on that API.
Cheers, Detlev


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