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ARIA

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ˈɑːriə/abbreviationCommon term

In web development, ARIA means: Accessible Rich Internet Applications: a set of HTML attributes, such as role and aria-label, that give assistive technology extra information about elements.

In Turkish: ARIA, erişilebilir zengin internet uygulamaları

How it is used

Pronounced like the music word 'aria'. ARIA is used for custom widgets such as tabs, menus and dialogs. A well-known principle says a native HTML element is better than a div with ARIA added to it.

Example sentences

  1. The icon button needs an aria-label so that screen readers can announce it.

  2. Too much ARIA can make a page harder to use, not easier.

Common collocations

  • ARIA attributes
  • aria-label
  • ARIA role
  • aria-hidden
  • ARIA live region
  • accessibilityThe practice of making websites usable by everyone, including people who are blind or deaf, have limited movement or use assistive technology.
  • screen readerSoftware that reads the content of a screen aloud or sends it to a braille display, used mainly by blind and visually impaired people.
  • semantic HTMLHTML that uses elements according to their meaning, such as nav, main, article and button, instead of generic div and span elements for everything.
  • attributeExtra information written inside an opening HTML tag as a name and a value, such as href in a link or alt in an image.

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