aria-owns attribute (aria)
Screen reader support level: partial (36/45)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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About this feature
Identifies an element (or elements) in order to define a visual, functional, or contextual parent/child relationship between DOM elements where the DOM hierarchy cannot be used to represent the relationship. See related aria-controls.
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 2 years ago to 3 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 3 years ago. Consider running the associated tests and contributing results.
Expectations
Screen Reader support by expectation
Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
MUST convey a single parent/child relationships | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
MUST convey multiple parent/child relationships | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
MUST order the references after any existing children | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
Voice Control support by expectation
Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Chrome | |
Not applicable |
Expectation: convey a single parent/child relationships
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to be aware of the appropriate relationships.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
aria-owns single reference applied to: li element; references: ul element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
Expectation: convey multiple parent/child relationships
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to be aware of the appropriate relationships.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
aria-owns multiple reference applied to: li element; references: ul element, ul element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
Expectation: order the references after any existing children
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to be aware of the correct order of relationships so that the correct meaning is conveyed.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
aria-owns multiple reference applied to: li element; references: ul element, ul element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |
aria-owns single reference applied to: li element; references: ul element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | none |