Element: ariaOrientation 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.
TheariaOrientation property of theElement interface reflects the value of thearia-orientation attribute, which indicates whether the element's orientation is horizontal, vertical, or unknown/ambiguous.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
"horizontal"The element is horizontal.
"vertical"The element is vertical.
"undefined"The element's orientation is unknown.
Examples
In this example thearia-orientation attribute on the element with an ID ofhandle_zoomSlider is set to"vertical". UsingariaOrientation we update the value to"horizontal".
html
<div role="slider" aria-orientation="vertical" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="17" aria-valuenow="14" tabindex="0"> <span>11</span></div>js
let el = document.getElementById("handle_zoomSlider");console.log(el.ariaOrientation); // "vertical"el.ariaOrientation = "horizontal";console.log(el.ariaOrientation); // "horizontal"Specifications
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| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariaorientation |