ARIA Basics: When (and When Not) to Use ARIA

WAI-ARIA attributes can make custom widgets understandable to screen readers, but used wrongly they make sites less accessible. Learn why native HTML comes first, what roles, states and properties do, how to give controls accessible names, how to use aria-expanded, aria-hidden and live regions, and how to test your work.

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