Element.ariaRowIndexText

Baseline 2025

Newly available

Since ⁨December 2025⁩, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The ariaRowIndexText property of the Element interface reflects the value of the aria-rowindextext attribute, which defines a human readable text alternative of aria-rowindex.

Value

A string.

Examples

In this example the aria-rowindextext attribute on the element with an ID of role-heading is set to "Heading row". Using ariaRowIndexText we update the value to "Updated heading row".

html

<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-rowindextext="Heading row">
        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.ariaRowIndexText); // "Heading row"
el.ariaRowIndexText = "Updated heading row";
console.log(el.ariaRowIndexText); // "Updated heading row"