WAI-ARIA roles in a screen layout
Screen readers use WAI-ARIA roles to determine what kind of content a layout holds. In Pega Platform, screen layouts have WAI-ARIA roles assigned by default, which improves the accessibility of your application.
The following table lists the areas in a screen layout, the corresponding auto-generated HTML tags, and the WAI-ARIA roles that are assigned to those areas by default.
For more information on screen layouts, see Configuring a screen layout.
| Area position | Auto-generated tag | WAI-ARIA role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Header | <header> | banner | Empty in theme Cosmos |
| Center | <main> | main | |
| Navigation | <aside> | complementary | Not consistent with WAI guidelines |
| Aside | <div> | none | Not consistent with WAI guidelines |
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