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Element has an event handler but valid WAI-ARIA role is not defined.
Type
Error
Description
This error applies to elements that do not have an implicit Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) role.
This error indicates that an element has a mouse or keyboard event handler (click, mousedown, mouseup, mousemove, mouseout, mouseover, keyup, keydown, or keypress), but doesn’t have the role attribute set, and is not one of the HTML tags that has an implicit WAI-ARIA role (for example, a, button, img, input, select and so on).
Setting the role attribute for interactive elements that have no implicit role (such as a div tag) is necessary to expose the element's behavior patterns to screen readers and other assistive technologies.
To fix this error, set the role attribute to a valid WAI-ARIA role that best fits this element's behavior patterns and required attributes. For example, if a div tag functions as a button, set the role attribute to "button".
Example
<!-- Setting role attribute allows screen readers to know it can be clicked -->
<div role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Back" onclick="mouseAction(event)" onkeyup="keyAction(event)" >