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Element: ariaModal property

The ariaModal property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-modal attribute, which indicates whether an element is modal when displayed. Applying the aria-modal property to an element with role="dialog" replaces the technique of using aria-hidden on the background for informing assistive technologies that content outside a dialog is inert.

Value

A string with one of the following values:

"true"

The element is modal.

"false"

The element is not modal.

Examples

In this example the aria-modal attribute on the element with an ID of address-modal is set to "true" indicating that this is a modal dialog. Using ariaModal we update the value to "false".

html

<div
  role="dialog"
  id="address-modal"
  aria-labelledby="dialog1Title"
  aria-describedby="dialog1Desc"
  aria-modal="true"></div>

js

let el = document.getElementById("address-modal");
console.log(el.ariaModal); // "true"
el.ariaModal = "false";
console.log(el.ariaModal); // "false"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
ariaModal 81 81 119 No 68 12.1 81 81 119 58 12.2 13.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/ariaModal