log role (aria)
Screen reader support level: partial (74/79)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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- About this feature
- Age of results
- Expectations
- announce changes to the live region
- convey the implicit aria-live value of polite by not interrupting the current announcement
- convey the implicit aria-atomic value of false by only announcing content that has changed
- convey its name and role as part of the live announcement if it has a name
- convey its name and role while navigating the page if it has a name
- Related tests
- Is something not right?
About this feature
A type of live region where new information is added in meaningful order and old information may disappear
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 2 months ago to 10 months ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Failing and partial results are between 10 months ago and 10 months ago.
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 announce changes to the live region | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| MUST convey the implicit aria-live value of polite by not interrupting the current announcement | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| MUST convey the implicit aria-atomic value of false by only announcing content that has changed | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| MAY convey its name and role as part of the live announcement if it has a name | none | none | none | none | partial | partial | none | none | none | none | none |
| MAY convey its name and role while navigating the page if it has a name | supported | supported | none | none | supported | supported | none | none | none | none | supported |
Voice Control support by expectation
| Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Chrome | |
| Not applicable | |||||
Expectation: announce changes to the live region
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will automatically announce the live region.
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| named log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| unnamed log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Expectation: convey the implicit aria-live value of polite by not interrupting the current announcement
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will changes to content within role="log" after other announcements finish.
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| named log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| unnamed log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Expectation: convey the implicit aria-atomic value of false by only announcing content that has changed
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will announce all the content within role="log".
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| named log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| unnamed log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Expectation: convey its name and role as part of the live announcement if it has a name
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MAY
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers may announce the name and logf role if it has a name from the author (usually via aria-label or aria-labelledby).
- The name will be announced before or after the contents of the live region.
- The the role will be implied by interruption, or may be explicitly stated as something like "log" or an earcon
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| named log role applied to: div element | none | none | none | none | partial | partial | none | none | none | none | none |
Expectation: convey its name and role while navigating the page if it has a name
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MAY
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers may announce the name and role if it has a name from the author (usually via aria-label or aria-labelledby). The name and role are usually announced when navigating into the element.
- screen readers may convey the role as an earcon.
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| named log role applied to: div element | supported | supported | none | none | supported | supported | none | none | none | none | supported |