WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Aria live region

for

From: Steve Green
Date: Oct 7, 2022 4:30AM

You should not be using a live region if the page reloads. Your screen reader is doing what it's designed to do when a new page loads, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Indeed, you shouldn't do anything to stop it.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Geethavani.Shamanna
Sent: 07 October 2022 11:16
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: [WebAIM] Aria live region

Hello all,

I am currently testing a search page where aria live region is implemented. On entering a search term and activating the Search button, the page reloads and my screen reader starts reading text from the top of the page, instead of announcing the number of search results. The number of search results as well as the time taken to search are displayed on the page, but this is not announced by the screen reader.

Can this be resolved by using the status role and by setting aria-atomic attribute to false? How can we ensure that the screen reader announces only the updated status message?

Many thanks.
Geetha