Element: ariaModal property
Baseline 2023Newly available
Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
TheariaModal property of theElement interface reflects the value of thearia-modal attribute, which indicates whether an element is modal when displayed. Applying thearia-modal property to an element withrole="dialog" replaces the technique of using aria-hidden on the background for informing assistive technologies that content outside a dialog is inert.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
Examples
In this example thearia-modal attribute on the element with an ID ofaddress-modal is set to "true" indicating that this is a modal dialog. UsingariaModal we update the value to "false".
html
<div role="dialog" aria-labelledby="dialog1Title" aria-describedby="dialog1Desc" aria-modal="true"></div>js
let el = document.getElementById("address-modal");console.log(el.ariaModal); // "true"el.ariaModal = "false";console.log(el.ariaModal); // "false"Specifications
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| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariamodal |