Conformity of aria-disabled (aria-disabled)

Custom interactable element use aria-disabled="true" while element is disabled


Aria-disabled on non-interactable semantic element:

The semantic section below uses aria-disabled="true", but <section> is not an interactive widget and is not focusable.


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This container is marked as disabled with ARIA, but users can still navigate to and interact with content inside because the element is not a control.

Note: Possible to automatically test/detect. Tools can flag semantic, non-interactive elements (e.g., section, article, header) that use aria-disabled without an interactive role and without focusability.

axe detected: none  |  QualWeb detected: none