Element: ariaBusy property
Baseline 2023 Newly available
Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The ariaBusy property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-busy attribute, which indicates whether an element is being modified, as assistive technologies may want to wait until the modifications are complete before exposing them to the user.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
Examples
In this example the aria-busy attribute on the element with an ID of clock is set to "false". Using ariaBusy we update the value to "true".
html
<div id="clock" role="timer" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true" aria-busy="false"></div> js
let el = document.getElementById("clock"); console.log(el.ariaBusy); // false el.ariaBusy = "true"; console.log(el.ariaBusy); // true Specifications
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| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariabusy |