Semantics

A structure containing one or more row elements in a tabular container.

Additional info from the ARIA specification

The rowgroup role establishes a relationship with its accessibility children of role row. It is a structural equivalent to the thead, tfoot, and tbody elements in an HTML table element.

Authors MUST ensure elements with role rowgroup are accessibility children of an element with the role grid, table, or treegrid.

Abstract Role

  • StructureRepresents a non-interactive part of a page that organizes content into coherent units.

Content Category

Only Used with Specific Parent Roles

This role must be a direct descendant of one of the following roles:

  • table
  • grid
  • treegrid

Allowed Descendants

Specific Guidance

Only row roles allowed.

Usage

Allowed HTML elements

Implicit semantics

These elements have the role semantics by default, without needing to set the role attribute. Reach for elements with native semantics first when choosing how to implement a role in your content.

  • tbody
  • tfoot
  • thead

Explicitly allowed

  • None

Elements that can have any role

  • abbr[role=rowgroup]
  • address[role=rowgroup]
  • b[role=rowgroup]
  • blockquote[role=rowgroup]
  • canvas[role=rowgroup]
  • cite[role=rowgroup]
  • code[role=rowgroup]
  • custom-element[role=rowgroup]
  • data[role=rowgroup]
  • del[role=rowgroup]
  • dfn[role=rowgroup]
  • div[role=rowgroup]
  • em[role=rowgroup]
  • figure[role=rowgroup]
  • i[role=rowgroup]
  • ins[role=rowgroup]
  • kbd[role=rowgroup]
  • mark[role=rowgroup]
  • output[role=rowgroup]
  • p[role=rowgroup]
  • pre[role=rowgroup]
  • q[role=rowgroup]
  • samp[role=rowgroup]
  • small[role=rowgroup]
  • span[role=rowgroup]
  • table[role=rowgroup]
  • time[role=rowgroup]
  • u[role=rowgroup]
  • var[role=rowgroup]