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ElementInternals: ariaModal property

Baseline 2023
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Since ⁨October 2023⁩, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The ariaModal property of the ElementInternals interface reflects the value of the aria-modal attribute, which indicates whether an element is modal when displayed.

Note: Setting aria attributes on ElementInternals allows default semantics to be defined on a custom element. These may be overwritten by author-defined attributes, but ensure that default semantics are retained should the author delete those attributes, or fail to add them at all. For more information see the Accessibility Object Model explainer.

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 value of ariaModal is set to "true".

class CustomEl extends HTMLElement {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.internals_ = this.attachInternals();
    this.internals_.ariaModal = "true";
  }
  // …
}

Specifications

Specification
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)>
# dom-ariamixin-ariamodal>

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
ariaModal 81 81 119 68 16.4 81 119 58 16.4 13.0 81 16.4

See also

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