Element: ariaOrientation property
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2023.
The ariaOrientation property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-orientation attribute, which indicates whether the element's orientation is horizontal, vertical, or unknown/ambiguous.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
"horizontal"-
The element is horizontal.
"vertical"-
The element is vertical.
"undefined"-
The element's orientation is unknown.
Examples
In this example the aria-orientation attribute on the element with an ID of handle_zoomSlider is set to "vertical". Using ariaOrientation we update the value to "horizontal".
html
<div
id="handle_zoomSlider"
role="slider"
aria-orientation="vertical"
aria-valuemin="0"
aria-valuemax="17"
aria-valuenow="14"
tabindex="0">
<span>11</span>
</div>
js
let el = document.getElementById("handle_zoomSlider");
console.log(el.ariaOrientation); // "vertical"
el.ariaOrientation = "horizontal";
console.log(el.ariaOrientation); // "horizontal"
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariaorientation |