Test: aria-required attribute
Screen Reader support level: partial (21/22)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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- About this test
- Age of results
- Test HTML
- Dates and Versions of tested combinations
- Summary of screen reader support by expectation
- Summary of voice control support by expectation
- Detailed support tables
- History
- Related features
- Contribute and Feedback
About this test
Tests the aria-required attribute against a suite of simple inputs.
Age of results
Results in this test range from 3 years ago to 5 years ago. See detailed information about test dates and versions for more information.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 5 years ago. Consider running this test and contributing results.
Test HTML
Open the test case HTML file<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>aria-required examples</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>aria-required examples</h1>
<p>This page contains various aria-required examples</p>
<h2>aria-required="false"</h2>
<label for="fruit">Fruit</label>
<input type="text" id="fruit" aria-required="false">
<h2>aria-required="true"</h2>
<label for="veggie">Veggie</label>
<input type="text" id="veggie" aria-required="true">
</body>
</html>
Summary of 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 the "false" value applied to: input[type="text"] element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
MUST convey the "true" value applied to: input[type="text"] element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of 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 |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Keyboard support by expectation
Expectation | Windows Keyboard | Mac Keyboard | iOS Keyboard | Android Keyboard | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Chrome | |
Not applicable |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Detailed support results by expectation
Expectation for the aria-required attribute: convey the "false" value - applied to the input[type="text"] element
This expectation is applied to the input[type="text"] element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-required attribute feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Chrome | yes |
|
NVDA | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Firefox | yes |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | yes |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Edge | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
iOS Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: aria-required attribute: convey the "false" value
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1906.10 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the aria-required attribute: convey the "true" value - applied to the input[type="text"] element
This expectation is applied to the input[type="text"] element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-required attribute feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- If applied to a single control, a screen reader might announce that control as required
- If applied to a group of controls, such as a radio group, the screen reader might announce the required state on the group, and the required state will be implied for the controls.
- If applied to a group of controls, such as a radio group, the screen reader might announce the first control as required, and the required state will be implied for the rest.
- If applied to a group of controls, such as a radio group, the screen reader might announce the each control as required.
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
|
JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Chrome | yes |
|
NVDA | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Firefox | yes |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
|
TalkBack | Chrome | none |
|
Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
|
VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
|
Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Edge | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
iOS Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: aria-required attribute: convey the "true" value
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2019.1906.10 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Dates and Versions of tested combinations
AT | AT Version | Browser | Browser version | OS version | Date tested |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JAWS | 2021.2107.12 | Chrome | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-28 |
JAWS | 2021.2107.12 | Edge | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-28 |
JAWS | 2019.1906.10 | Firefox | 67 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-07-01 |
Narrator | Windows 10 version 1903 | Edge | 44.17763 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-07-01 |
NVDA | 2021.1 | Chrome | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-28 |
NVDA | 2021.1 | Edge | 92 | Windows 10 version 21h1 | 2021-07-28 |
NVDA | 2019.1.1 | Firefox | 67 | Windows 10 version 1903 | 2019-07-01 |
Orca | 3.31.4 | Firefox | 69 | Ubuntu 19.04 | 2019-09-15 |
TalkBack | 7.3.0 | Chrome | 76 | 7 | 2019-09-15 |
VoiceOver (iOS) | 12.3.1 | Safari | 12.3.1 | 12.3.1 | 2019-07-01 |
VoiceOver (macOS) | 10.14.5 | Safari | 12.1.1 | 10.14.5 | 2019-07-01 |
History
- 2019-07-01 Test created
- 2019-09-15 add talkback and orca results
- 2021-07-28 Added Narrator results for NVDA and JAWS, updated NVDA+Chrome results.