The ariaReadOnly
property of the Element
interface reflects the value of the aria-readonly
attribute, which indicates that the element is not editable, but is otherwise operable.
Note: Where possible use an HTML <input>
element with type="text"
or a <textarea>
as these have built in semantics and do not require ARIA attributes.
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 the aria-readonly
attribute on the element with an ID of txtBoxInput
is set to "true" indicating that this input is currently read only. Using ariaReadOnly
we update the value to "false".
<div id="txtboxMultilineLabel">Enter the tags for the article</div>
<div
role="textbox"
id="txtBoxInput"
contenteditable="true"
aria-multiline="true"
aria-labelledby="txtboxMultilineLabel"
aria-readonly="true"></div>
let el = document.getElementById("txtBoxInput");
console.log(el.ariaReadOnly);
el.ariaReadOnly = "false";
console.log(el.ariaReadOnly);