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All roles

region

Landmark role

A landmark identifying a significant, self-contained section of the page that users may want to navigate to directly. It only becomes a landmark once given an accessible name via aria-label or aria-labelledby. The native `<section>` element takes on this role when it has a label.

Used on
A significant section of content. Prefer <section>.
Required properties
  • aria-labelledby or aria-labela region MUST be named
Accessible name
Required — an unnamed region is not exposed as a landmark.
Used by components
Example
role="region"
<section aria-labelledby="h">
  <h2 id="h">Featured</h2>
</section>
See a live, tested example on the Carousel page