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I was today years old when I learned that you can now use element with ARIA! a11y-up.com/articles/bas...

a11y-up.comBaseline & Accessibility in 2026 | A11y UpAccessibility works best when relying on solid web standard features. These ones have been widely available for a while now. Let's start using them.

14/5/26, 4:33 pm9 reposts32 likes

xirclebox

@xirclebox.com

14 May

@donnie.damato.design hipped me to "inert" and my mind was blown

INERT IS SO GOOD

Very cool! If I had a penny for every time I had to write setAttribute... It's been years, but I'm still grumpy about :focus-visible. Never been a fan.

Eric Bailey

@ericwbailey.website

14 May

Also grumpy about it, but I've kind of had to make my peace with the lesser of two evils. Still doesn't feel right to me, though.

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

14 May

What does using element with aria mean?

Eric Bailey

@ericwbailey.website

14 May

just easier/more concise targeting, previously had to rely on element.getAttribute 😩

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

14 May

Ah. Cool