The Accessibility Tree

Understand the different types of information provided to the accessibility tree and how it is used by assistive technologies.

The way we write HTML is incredibly important because it informs the accessibility tree.

What is the accessibility tree?

The accessibility tree uses accessibility APIs to send assistive technologies the information they need about the elements on the page, allowing the users to easily interact with those elements. The accessibility tree is generated based on the DOM tree and becomes a parallel structure to the DOM tree.

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