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Re: Does aria-busy only work on an element with a role

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Oct 9, 2019 4:37AM

Those examples are awesome, thank you Steve!
A direct answer to the question is, yes, you can use aria-busy with
any element, according to the spec.
If you locate the aria-busy entry in the ARIA 1.1 spec (use "2" to
locate h2 headings to navigate to section 6, "3" to to locate
subsection 6.6, then 4 to locate individual attribute definitions).
then locate the "characteristics" table at the bottom of the aria-busy
definition.
The first entry in that table is "used in roles" and the value is "all
elements of the base markup", meaning aria-busy is a global attribute
(can be used on any element).
While this establishes that aria-busy is valid on any element,
technically speaking, Steve's note is much more helpful to determine
whether it will serve its intended purpose in the usage context you
are considering.

Also the ARIA spec should be clearer on whether a global attribute is
valid on elements without a role. Based on context this is pretty
clear for aria-busy but this is not the case for aria-labelledby or
aria-describedby since the role of the element impacts how it should
be processed by assistive technologies.

On 10/8/19, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Not a direct answer to your question but may be helpful in deciding the
> efficacy of its use:
> Short note on being busy
> https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2018/05/short-note-on-being-busy/
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>
> SteveF
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> On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 15:10, Brian Lovely via WebAIM-Forum <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Can you apply aria-busy to a non-semantic container like a div? Many
>> applications of aria-busy involve a container into which content will be
>> loaded.
>>
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