Element: ariaReadOnly property

Baseline 2023

Newly available

Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

TheariaReadOnly property of theElement interface reflects the value of thearia-readonly attribute, which indicates that the element is not editable, but is otherwise operable.

Note:Where possible use an HTML<input> element withtype="text" or a<textarea> as these have built in semantics and do not require ARIA attributes.

Value

A string with one of the following values:

"true": The user cannot change the value of the element.
"false": The user can set the value of the element.

In this example thearia-readonly attribute on the element with an ID oftxtBoxInput is set to "true" indicating that this input is currently read only. UsingariaReadOnly we update the value to "false".

html

<div>Enter the tags for the article</div><div  role="textbox"   contenteditable="true"  aria-multiline="true"  aria-labelledby="txtboxMultilineLabel"  aria-readonly="true"></div>

let el = document.getElementById("txtBoxInput");console.log(el.ariaReadOnly); // "true"el.ariaReadOnly = "false";console.log(el.ariaReadOnly); // "false"