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:

"true"

The element is being updated.

"false"

There are no expected updates for the element.

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

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

Browser compatibility

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