aria-controls

Applies to

## Notes

Remarks

Used in Roles	No role required.

This property defines element relationships and associations that cannot be readily determined from the document structure. The **aria-controls** property is used primarily by elements where the [**role**](/html/attributes/role) property value is `group`, `region`, or `widget`. Compare this usage with that of the [**aria-owns**](/aria/attributes/aria-owns) property. **Note** For cross-browser compatibility, always use the WAI-ARIA attribute syntax to access and modify ARIA properties, for example `object.setAttribute("aria-valuenow", newValue)`.

Syntax

Standards information

• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0, Section 6.6

See also

Related pages

• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
• Reference
• aria-describedbyaria-describedby
• aria-flowtoaria-flowto
• aria-labelledbyaria-labelledby
• aria-ownsaria-owns
• aria-posinsetaria-posinset
• aria-setsizearia-setsize

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]