ARIA: marquee role

A marquee is a type of live region containing non-essential information which changes frequently.

Description

The marquee role defines an area as a type of live region that presents non-essential information that changes frequently. Examples of marquees include stock tickers and ad banners; information that is not necessarily sought out by the user that may be presented in any order. The main difference between a marquee and a log is that log information is presented in a meaningful order such as a by date.

Elements with the role marquee have an implicit aria-live value of off.

The marquee is required to have an accessible name. Use aria-labelledby if a visible label is present, otherwise use aria-label.

Associated WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties

• aria-live

  • : Defines when assistive technology should inform the user of updates to content. Elements with the role marquee have an implicit aria-live value of off, meaning screen readers will not announce changes inside the marquee, even when the user is idle.

• aria-label or aria-labelledby

  • : The marquee is required to have an accessible name. Use aria-labelledby if a visible label is present, otherwise use aria-label.

Specifications

See also

• ARIA: alert role
• ARIA: log role
• ARIA: status role
• ARIA: timer role
• ARIA live regions