Element: ariaDisabled property

Baseline 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 ariaDisabled property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-disabled attribute, which indicates that the element is perceivable but disabled, so it is not editable or otherwise operable.

Note: Where possible, use the <input> element with type="button" or the <button> element — because those elements have built in semantics and do not require ARIA attributes.

Value

A string with one of the following values:

"true"

The element and all focusable descendants are disabled, but perceivable, and their values cannot be changed by the user.

"false"

The element is enabled.

Examples

In this example the aria-disabled attribute on the element with an ID of saveChanges is set to "true" indicating that this input is currently disabled. Using ariaDisabled we update the value to "false".

html
<div id="saveChanges" tabindex="0" role="button" aria-disabled="true">Save</div>
js
let el = document.getElementById("saveChanges");
console.log(el.ariaDisabled); // "true"
el.ariaDisabled = "false";
console.log(el.ariaDisabled); // "false"

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ariaDisabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 81 (Release date: 2020-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 119 (Release date: 2023-10-24)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 68 (Release date: 2020-04-22)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 12.1 (Release date: 2019-03-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 119 (Release date: 2023-10-24)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 58 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 12.2 (Release date: 2019-03-25)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 13 (Release date: 2020-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 12.2 (Release date: 2019-03-25)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support