Accessibility:AT-APIs:Gecko:Roles:ROLE ALERT

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Contents 1 Description 2 Mapped to 3 Events 4 Used by

[edit] Description

Represents an alert or a condition that a user should be notified about. Assistive Technologies typically respond to the role by reading the entire onscreen contents of containers advertising this role. Should be used for warning dialogs, etc.

[edit] Mapped to

• AT-SPI: ROLE_ALERT
• ATK: ATK_ROLE_ALERT
• MSAA/IA2: ROLE_SYSTEM_ALERT
• UA: NSAccessibilityWindowRole

[edit] Events

• EVENT_ALERT - fires when the widget is shown.

[edit] Used by

• ARIA: alert, alertdialog
• XForms: <message/>, <alert/>, <help/>
• XUL: <notification/>, <panel noautofocus = "true"/>