Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 A – ARIA Attribute Must Be Used As Specified For Role

Some ARIA attributes are only allowed on an element under certain conditions. This rule flags ARIA attributes that are not used in a way that their role describes.

How to Analyse in the SEO Spider

To populate this filter ‘Accessibility’ must be enabled via ‘Config > Spider > Extraction’ and ‘JavaScript rendering’ mode via ‘Config > Spider > Rendering’.

View URLs with this issue in the ‘Accessibility’ tab and ‘ARIA Attribute Must Be Used As Specified For Role’ filter.

Use the lower ‘Accessibility Details’ tab to click on the issue on the left-hand side, and see details of the location on the page of the violation on the right-hand side.

Bulk export the pages and details of the accessibility violations via ‘Bulk Export > Accessibility > All Violations’.

What Triggers This Issue

Please view the Deque University website further reading link below for ruleset triggers.

How To Fix

Ensure ARIA attributes are used as described in the specification of the element’s role.