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href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-description">aria-description</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-details">aria-details</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-disabled">aria-disabled</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-dropeffect">aria-dropeffect</a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. 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href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/heading_role">ARIA: heading role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/img_role">ARIA: img role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/input_role">ARIA: input role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/landmark_role">ARIA: landmark role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/link_role">ARIA: link role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/list_role">ARIA: list role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/listbox_role">ARIA: listbox role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/listitem_role">ARIA: listitem role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/log_role">ARIA: log role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/main_role">ARIA: main role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/mark_role">ARIA: mark role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/marquee_role">ARIA: marquee role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/math_role">ARIA: math role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menu_role">ARIA: menu role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menubar_role">ARIA: menubar role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitem_role">ARIA: menuitem role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitemcheckbox_role">ARIA: menuitemcheckbox role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitemradio_role">ARIA: menuitemradio role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/meter_role">ARIA: meter role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/navigation_role">ARIA: navigation role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/none_role">ARIA: none role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/note_role">ARIA: note role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/option_role">ARIA: option role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/presentation_role">ARIA: presentation role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/progressbar_role">ARIA: progressbar role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/radio_role">ARIA: radio role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/radiogroup_role">ARIA: radiogroup role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/range_role">ARIA: range role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/region_role">ARIA: region role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/roletype_role">ARIA: roletype role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/row_role">ARIA: row role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/rowgroup_role">ARIA: rowgroup role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/rowheader_role">ARIA: rowheader role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/scrollbar_role">ARIA: scrollbar role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/search_role">ARIA: search role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/searchbox_role">ARIA: searchbox role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/section_role">ARIA: section role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/sectionhead_role">ARIA: sectionhead role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/select_role">ARIA: select role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/separator_role">ARIA: separator role</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/slider_role">ARIA: slider role</a></li><li><a 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class="document-toc-container"><section class="document-toc"><header><h2 class="document-toc-heading">In this article</h2></header><ul class="document-toc-list"><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#description">Description</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#examples">Examples</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#best_practices">Best practices</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#specifications">Specifications</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#see_also">See also</a></li></ul></section></div></nav></aside><section class="place side"></section></div></div><main id="content" class="main-content "><article class="main-page-content" lang="en-US"><header><h1>ARIA: document role</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <code>document</code> role is for focusable content within complex composite <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/widget_role">widgets</a> or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role">applications</a> for which assistive technologies can switch reading context back to a reading mode.</p></div><section aria-labelledby="description"><h2 id="description"><a href="#description">Description</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>The <code>document</code> role is for the top container containing content that assistive technology users may want to browse in a reading mode. Only useful on focusable sections within complex composite <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/widget_role">widgets</a> or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role">applications</a>, the <code>document</code> role informs assistive technologies to the reading context back to a reading mode: The <code>document</code> role tells assistive technologies with reading or browse modes to use the document mode to read the content contained within this element.</p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></div><pre class="brush: html notranslate"><code><div role="dialog"> … <div id="InfoText" role="document" tabindex="0"> <p>Some informational text goes here.</p> </div> … <button>Close</button> </div> </code></pre></div> <p>This example shows a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/dialog_role">dialog</a>, a complex composite widget role, with some controls and a section with some informational text that the assistive technology user can go into reading mode when tabbed to.</p> <p>By default, web pages are treated as documents; assistive technologies (AT) enter browse or read mode when entering a new web page. This mode can be altered through various roles, including the widget and application roles. The <code>document</code> role brings the AT back into browse or read mode.</p> <p>Generally placed within an application role or other interactive widget role, the <code>document</code> role is used to indicate a section of a complex composite widget that an assistive technology user should read using its browse or virtual reading mode, if available.</p> <p>Because ATs with reading mode default to that mode for all elements except for those with a widget or application role set, document role is only useful for focusable elements within a widget or application that should be read as static rich text. Adding <code>role="document"</code> and <code>tabindex="0"</code> to the element containing the text within a widget enables the screen reader user to press the Tab key to place focus on the document element and read the text with the screen reader's reading cursor.</p> <p>Assistive technologies should switch context back to document mode, possibly intercepting from controls rewired for the parent's dynamic context, re-enabling the standard input events, such as Up or Down arrow keyboard events, to control the reading cursor.</p> <p>In contrast to the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/article_role"><code>article</code></a> role, the <code>document</code> role does not have any relation to other elements with a document role, it merely has a relationship to the containing composite widget. An article can have associated articles.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="associated_wai-aria_roles_states_and_properties"><h3 id="associated_wai-aria_roles_states_and_properties"><a href="#associated_wai-aria_roles_states_and_properties">Associated WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties</a></h3><div class="section-content"><dl> <dt id="aria-expanded"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-expanded"><code>aria-expanded</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Include with a value of <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> if the document element is collapsible, to indicate if the document is currently expanded or collapsed. Other values include the default <code>undefined</code> which means the document is not collapsible.</p> </dd> <dt id="tabindex0"><a href="#tabindex0">tabindex="0"</a></dt> <dd> <p>Used to make it focusable so the assistive technology user can tab to it and start reading right away.</p> </dd> </dl></div></section><section aria-labelledby="keyboard_interactions"><h3 id="keyboard_interactions"><a href="#keyboard_interactions">Keyboard interactions</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>The element should be made focusable by setting the <code>tabindex="0"</code> attribute / value pair on it. This way, the user can tab to it, reading mode is invoked automatically, and the content can be read right away.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="required_javascript_features"><h3 id="required_javascript_features"><a href="#required_javascript_features">Required JavaScript features</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>None, except as required by any attributes. For example, if the <code>document</code> is collapsible, then the state and the value of <code>aria-expanded</code> must be maintained.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="examples"><h2 id="examples"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>An example is Gmail and the single conversation view. GMail is a web application. When in GMail, most user agent interactions are usurped by the application. However, when the Keyboard focus is set on the starting heading on a single conversation that contains the subject of the conversation, the screen reader user can use the reading mode commands to read through the messages, expand or collapse them, and manipulate them. Once focus returns to the message list either by activating the Back button or pressing an associated keystroke, direct application interaction mode is invoked again, and the user can move to a different conversation in the list with the <kbd>arrow</kbd> keys.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="best_practices"><h2 id="best_practices"><a href="#best_practices">Best practices</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>Always make sure an item with the document role is focusable, by setting the <code>tabindex</code> attribute with a value of 0. That will also include it in the tab order.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="added_benefits"><h3 id="added_benefits"><a href="#added_benefits">Added benefits</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>The document role is an easy way to indirectly control assistive technology behavior by unambiguously stating that this is content the user should read with standard screen reader commands.</p></div></section><h2 id="specifications"><a href="#specifications">Specifications</a></h2><table class="standard-table"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://w3c.github.io/aria/#document">Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) <br/><small># document</small></a></td></tr></tbody></table><section aria-labelledby="see_also"><h2 id="see_also"><a href="#see_also">See also</a></h2><div class="section-content"><ul> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/widget_role">ARIA: <code>widget</code> role</a></li> <li><a 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Only useful on focusable sections within complex composite <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/widget_role\">widgets</a> or <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role\">applications</a>, the <code>document</code> role informs assistive technologies to the reading context back to a reading mode: The <code>document</code> role tells assistive technologies with reading or browse modes to use the document mode to read the content contained within this element.</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">html</span></div><pre class=\"brush: html notranslate\"><code><div role=\"dialog\">\n …\n <div id=\"InfoText\" role=\"document\" tabindex=\"0\">\n <p>Some informational text goes here.</p>\n </div>\n …\n <button>Close</button>\n</div>\n</code></pre></div>\n<p>This example shows a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/dialog_role\">dialog</a>, a complex composite widget role, with some controls and a section with some informational text that the assistive technology user can go into reading mode when tabbed to.</p>\n<p>By default, web pages are treated as documents; assistive technologies (AT) enter browse or read mode when entering a new web page. This mode can be altered through various roles, including the widget and application roles. The <code>document</code> role brings the AT back into browse or read mode.</p>\n<p>Generally placed within an application role or other interactive widget role, the <code>document</code> role is used to indicate a section of a complex composite widget that an assistive technology user should read using its browse or virtual reading mode, if available.</p>\n<p>Because ATs with reading mode default to that mode for all elements except for those with a widget or application role set, document role is only useful for focusable elements within a widget or application that should be read as static rich text. 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Once focus returns to the message list either by activating the Back button or pressing an associated keystroke, direct application interaction mode is invoked again, and the user can move to a different conversation in the list with the <kbd>arrow</kbd> keys.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"best_practices","title":"Best practices","isH3":false,"content":"<p>Always make sure an item with the document role is focusable, by setting the <code>tabindex</code> attribute with a value of 0. 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href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-multiline\">aria-multiline</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-multiselectable\">aria-multiselectable</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-orientation\">aria-orientation</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-owns\">aria-owns</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-placeholder\">aria-placeholder</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-posinset\">aria-posinset</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-pressed\">aria-pressed</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-readonly\">aria-readonly</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-relevant\">aria-relevant</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-required\">aria-required</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-roledescription\">aria-roledescription</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-rowcount\">aria-rowcount</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-rowindex\">aria-rowindex</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-rowindextext\">aria-rowindextext</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-rowspan\">aria-rowspan</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-selected\">aria-selected</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-setsize\">aria-setsize</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-sort\">aria-sort</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-valuemax\">aria-valuemax</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-valuemin\">aria-valuemin</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-valuenow\">aria-valuenow</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-valuetext\">aria-valuetext</a></li></ol></details></li><li class=\"toggle\"><details open=\"\"><summary>ARIA roles</summary><ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/alert_role\">ARIA: alert role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/alertdialog_role\">ARIA: alertdialog role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role\">ARIA: application role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/article_role\">ARIA: article role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/banner_role\">ARIA: banner role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/button_role\">ARIA: button role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/cell_role\">ARIA: cell role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/checkbox_role\">ARIA: checkbox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/columnheader_role\">ARIA: columnheader role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/combobox_role\">ARIA: combobox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/command_role\">ARIA: command role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/comment_role\">ARIA: comment role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/complementary_role\">ARIA: complementary role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/composite_role\">ARIA: composite role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/contentinfo_role\">ARIA: contentinfo role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/definition_role\">ARIA: definition role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/dialog_role\">ARIA: dialog role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/directory_role\">ARIA: directory role</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n<span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><em><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/document_role\" aria-current=\"page\">ARIA: document role</a></em></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/structural_roles\">ARIA: document structural roles</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/feed_role\">ARIA: feed role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/figure_role\">ARIA: figure role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/form_role\">ARIA: form role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/generic_role\">ARIA: generic role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/grid_role\">ARIA: grid role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/gridcell_role\">ARIA: gridcell role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/group_role\">ARIA: group role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/heading_role\">ARIA: heading role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/img_role\">ARIA: img role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/input_role\">ARIA: input role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/landmark_role\">ARIA: landmark role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/link_role\">ARIA: link role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/list_role\">ARIA: list role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/listbox_role\">ARIA: listbox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/listitem_role\">ARIA: listitem role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/log_role\">ARIA: log role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/main_role\">ARIA: main role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/mark_role\">ARIA: mark role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/marquee_role\">ARIA: marquee role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/math_role\">ARIA: math role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menu_role\">ARIA: menu role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menubar_role\">ARIA: menubar role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitem_role\">ARIA: menuitem role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitemcheckbox_role\">ARIA: menuitemcheckbox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/menuitemradio_role\">ARIA: menuitemradio role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/meter_role\">ARIA: meter role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/navigation_role\">ARIA: navigation role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/none_role\">ARIA: none role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/note_role\">ARIA: note role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/option_role\">ARIA: option role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/presentation_role\">ARIA: presentation role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/progressbar_role\">ARIA: progressbar role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/radio_role\">ARIA: radio role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/radiogroup_role\">ARIA: radiogroup role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/range_role\">ARIA: range role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/region_role\">ARIA: region role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/roletype_role\">ARIA: roletype role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/row_role\">ARIA: row role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/rowgroup_role\">ARIA: rowgroup role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/rowheader_role\">ARIA: rowheader role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/scrollbar_role\">ARIA: scrollbar role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/search_role\">ARIA: search role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/searchbox_role\">ARIA: searchbox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/section_role\">ARIA: section role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/sectionhead_role\">ARIA: sectionhead role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/select_role\">ARIA: select role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/separator_role\">ARIA: separator role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/slider_role\">ARIA: slider role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/spinbutton_role\">ARIA: spinbutton role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/status_role\">ARIA: status role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/structure_role\">ARIA: structure role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/suggestion_role\">ARIA: suggestion role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/switch_role\">ARIA: switch role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/tab_role\">ARIA: tab role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/table_role\">ARIA: table role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/tablist_role\">ARIA: tablist role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/tabpanel_role\">ARIA: tabpanel role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/term_role\">ARIA: term role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/textbox_role\">ARIA: textbox role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/timer_role\">ARIA: timer role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/toolbar_role\">ARIA: toolbar role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/tooltip_role\">ARIA: tooltip role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/tree_role\">ARIA: tree role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/treegrid_role\">ARIA: treegrid role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/treeitem_role\">ARIA: treeitem role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/widget_role\">ARIA: widget role</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/window_role\">ARIA: window role</a></li></ol></details></li></ol>","source":{"folder":"en-us/web/accessibility/aria/roles/document_role","github_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/accessibility/aria/roles/document_role/index.md","last_commit_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/019ca5c9ce641bfa02825e1ba0444f35dfb646cc","filename":"index.md"},"summary":"The document role is for focusable content within complex composite widgets or applications for which assistive technologies can switch reading context back to a reading mode.","title":"ARIA: document role","toc":[{"text":"Description","id":"description"},{"text":"Examples","id":"examples"},{"text":"Best practices","id":"best_practices"},{"text":"Specifications","id":"specifications"},{"text":"See also","id":"see_also"}],"pageType":"aria-role"}}</script></body></html>