The option role - ARIA Reference Guide

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Description

A selectable item in a listbox.

Allowed Content

Phrasing content, but with no interactive content descendants, and no descendants with a tabindex attribute specified.

Browsers automatically apply the presentation role to all descendant elements. The semantics of any descendant elements are not conveyed to assistive technologies.

Required Context Roles

listbox
group

HTML Elements with Implicit ARIA Role

option

Allowed HTML Elements

a[href]
button
img
input[type=checkbox]
option (role attribute unnecessary)
div, span, p, other elements that can receive any role