ARIA Validator chrome extension

Version: 0.10
ARIA Validator
Scans page for WAI-ARIA implementation issues.
2.00 Based on 4 user rates

What is ARIA Validator?

ARIA Validator is a developer tools chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 2,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 2.00 from 4 rated user, last update is 3560 days ago.


What’s new in version 0.10?

                Adds a button to Chrome that you can click when you want to validate the ARIA implementation of the HTML page you are viewing. Also checks for duplicate IDs in your HTML.

It will open a new tab showing errors and warnings for each frame it can read on the page.

Note: you may have to reload open tabs after installing this extension before it will function on them.

Disclaimers:
1. This is beta software.
2. It will not find ALL issues.
3. You should use this tool to help you avoid simple mistakes when implementing ARIA.

New in 0.10
- Fixed bug in validating "aria-owns" in frames.
- Fixed formatting issue in "aria-owns" warning.

New in 0.9
- Tweaks to formatting of error messages.

New in 0.8
- Takes implicit semantics from native HTML elements into account.

New in 0.7
- Now checks elements with "aria-" attributes but no aria role (these checks can be disabled in Options)

New in 0.6:
- Added "Zoom" button to make it easier to see long messages.
- Added checks for abstract roles.
- A few minor bug fixes.

New in 0.5:
- Validator failed on Mac OSX if element ids contained curly braces.
- Added (optional) ID check - yes it's not part of ARIA but ARIA relies on IDs.            

How to install ARIA Validator?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.


Preview of ARIA Validator


Technical Features:

  • Latest Version: 0.10
  • Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
  • License: Free
  • Latest update: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
  • Author: RickBrown

ARIA Validator Available languages:

English.


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Reviews of aria validator:


James Filby June 27th, 2020
James Filby

Seems completely broken. Doesn't do anything at all.


Rob Forrest September 13th, 2017
Rob Forrest

It doesn't seem to work at all.


Aleksei Porotnikov August 2nd, 2017
Aleksei Porotnikov

It does not work. Produces the error only: Error in event handler for runtime.onMessage: TypeError: g.indexOf is not a function at Object.checkIds (chrome-extension://oigghlanfjgnkcndchmnlnmaojahnjoc/js/validation.runner-layer.js:33:442) at Object.check (chrome-extension://oigghlanfjgnkcndchmnlnmaojahnjoc/js/validation.runner-layer.js:47:322) at m (chrome-extension://oigghlanfjgnkcndchmnlnmaojahnjoc/contentscript.js:1:405) at l (chrome-extension://oigghlanfjgnkcndchmnlnmaojahnjoc/contentscript.js:1:197) Chrome 58

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