checkbox role (aria)
Screen Reader support level: supported
Voice Control support level: supported with 4 unknown results
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About this feature
A checkable input that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed.
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 3 years ago to 6 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Expectations
Screen Reader support by expectation
Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
MUST convey its role | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
MUST convey its name | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Voice Control support by expectation
Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | ||
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Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Chrome | |
MUST convey its role | supported | supported | not applicable | supported | supported | supported | unknown | unknown |
MUST convey its name | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | unknown | unknown |
Expectation: convey its role
Rationale:
The user needs to know that the element has checkbox behavior.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: MUST
Examples:
- A screen reader might announce an element as something like "<name>, <role>"
- A screen reader might imply the role by the presence of certain context roles
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "click, <role>".
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "show numbers", and interactive roles will be flagged with numbers.
Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
APG 1.1 Checkbox Example (Two State) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Test | 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 | |
APG 1.1 Checkbox Example (Two State) | supported | supported | not applicable | supported | supported | supported | unknown | unknown |
Expectation: convey its name
Rationale:
The user needs to know the purpose of the checkbox.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: MUST
Notes:
For form inputs - commands to read line by line (down and up arrows in most windows screen readers) will not always result in the name being explicitly conveyed when the virtual focus is moved to an input where the label is visually displayed and programmatically associated with the input. This is acceptable because the name is implied by the fact that it should be naturally found in the reading order. Some screen readers choose to not convey the name in these cases, likely in an effort to reduce verbosity.
Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
APG 1.1 Checkbox Example (Two State) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Test | 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 | |
APG 1.1 Checkbox Example (Two State) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | unknown | unknown |