Element: ariaSort 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 ariaSort property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-sort attribute, which indicates if items in a table or grid are sorted in ascending or descending order.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
"ascending"-
Items are sorted in ascending order by this column.
"descending"-
Items are sorted in descending order by this column.
"none"-
There is no defined sort applied to the column.
"other"-
A sort algorithm other than ascending or descending has been applied.
Examples
In this example the aria-sort attribute on the element with an ID of role-heading is set to "none". Using ariaSort we update the value to "ascending".
<table
id="semantic-table"
role="table"
aria-label="Semantic Elements"
aria-describedby="semantic_elements_table_desc"
aria-rowcount="100">
<caption id="semantic_elements_table_desc">
Semantic Elements to use instead of ARIA's roles
</caption>
<thead role="rowgroup">
<tr role="row">
<th
role="columnheader"
id="role-heading"
aria-sort="none"
aria-rowindex="1"
aria-colindex="1">
ARIA Role
</th>
<th
role="columnheader"
id="element-heading"
aria-sort="none"
aria-rowindex="1">
Semantic Element
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody role="rowgroup">
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="11">header</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="11">h1</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="16">header</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="16">h6</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="18">rowgroup</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="18">thead</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="24">term</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="24">dt</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
let el = document.getElementById("role-heading");
console.log(el.ariaSort); // none
el.ariaSort = "ascending";
console.log(el.ariaSort); // ascending
Specifications
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