ARIA role types

There are 6 categories of ARIA roles

Abstract roles

Not to be used in content, these support the WAI-ARIA role taxonomy for defining general role concepts. Some examples:

• command
• input
• range
• section

Widget roles

Define common interactive patterns. Some of these duplicate the semantics of native HTML elements and thus should be avoided. Some examples:

• combobox
• switch
• tab
• treeitem

Some examples to avoid:

• button
• checkbox
• option
• radio

Some of these are considered 'composite widgets'.

Document structure roles

Describe structures that organise content in a page. These are usually not interactive. Most of these should not be used in favour of semantic HTML elements. Some examples:

• toolbar
• tooltip
• note

Some examples to avoid:

• article
• list
• separator
• table

Landmark roles

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Live region roles

These are live regions, i.e. their content will be dynamically changed and announced to screen readers. Some examples:

• alert
• log
• status

Window roles

Act as sub-windows to the main document window, such as pop up modal dialogs. Some examples:

• alertdialog
• dialog

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#roles_categorization

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