Element: ariaMultiLine 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 ariaMultiLine property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-multiline attribute, which indicates whether a text box accepts multiple lines of input or only a single line.

Note: Where possible use an HTML <input> element with type="text" or a <textarea> as these have built in semantics and do not require ARIA attributes.

Value

A string with one of the following values:

"true"

This is a multi-line text box.

"false"

This is a single-line text box.

Examples

In this example the aria-multiline attribute on the element with an ID of txtBoxInput is set to "true" indicating that this box allows for multiple lines of input. Using ariaMultiLine we update the value to "false".

html
<div id="txtboxMultilineLabel">Enter the tags for the article</div>
<div
  role="textbox"
  id="txtBoxInput"
  contenteditable="true"
  aria-multiline="true"
  aria-labelledby="txtboxMultilineLabel"
  aria-required="true"></div>
js
let el = document.getElementById("txtBoxInput");
console.log(el.ariaMultiLine); // "true"
el.ariaMultiLine = "false";
console.log(el.ariaMultiLine); // "false"

Specifications

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

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
ariaMultiLine
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

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Full support
Full support

See also