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I am facing an issue while testing for accessibility.

I have used role="alert" for an error message [single level]. Do I need to use aria-busy="true" / aria-atomic="true" / aria-live="polite"

<td><span role="alert" class="error-msg-show"></span></td>

I have already defined `role="alert" but do I need to use any other ARIA attributes?

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  • I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here but it looks like a question about implementation (specifically: coding) rather than UX. Have you tried asking this on stackoverflow.com ?
    – Roux Martin
    May 26, 2016 at 9:04
  • Hi @AndrewMartin, up to my analysis and understanding, if we are using html5 tag role="alert" then we don't need to use any of ARIA tag for highlighting dynamic updates.
    – Devang Solanki
    May 27, 2016 at 9:34
  • This still sounds like implementation to me.
    – Roux Martin
    May 27, 2016 at 9:35
  • Accessibility implementation issues tend to be considered in-scope because they are so closely tied to UX.
    – Matt Obee
    May 27, 2016 at 11:08

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role="alert" should be all you need (it has an inherent live region behaviour) although I suspect best practice is to also include aria-live="polite" to ensure the widest possible support.

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