ROLE_ALERT

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Represents an alert or a condition that a user should be notified about. Assistive technologies typically respond to the role by reading the entire onscreen contents of containers advertising this role. Should be used for warning dialogs, etc.

Mapped to

• AT-SPI: ROLE_ALERT
• ATK: ATK_ROLE_ALERT
• MSAA/IA2: ROLE_SYSTEM_ALERT
• UA: NSAccessibilityWindowRole

Events

• EVENT_ALERT - fires when the widget is shown.

Used by

• ARIA: alert, alertdialog
• XForms: <message/>, <alert/>, <help/>
• XUL: <notification/>, <panel noautofocus = "true"/>