Semantics
A section of content containing a numerical counter which indicates an amount of elapsed time from a start point, or the time remaining until an end point.
Additional info from the ARIA specification
The text contents of the timer object indicate the current time measurement, and are updated as that amount changes. The timer value is not necessarily machine parsable, but authors SHOULD update the text contents at fixed intervals, except when the timer is paused or reaches an end-point.
Abstract Role
Live RegionRepresents dynamic content or an announcement, typically updated as a result of an external event when user focus may be elsewhere.
Content Categories
Flow ContentAn element that structures and organizes the body of a web document.
Allowed Descendants
Flow Children Allowed
No main element descendants allowed.
Usage
Allowed HTML elements
Implicit semantics
- None
Explicitly allowed
- None
Elements that can have any role
abbr[role=timer]address[role=timer]b[role=timer]blockquote[role=timer]canvas[role=timer]cite[role=timer]code[role=timer]custom-element[role=timer]data[role=timer]del[role=timer]dfn[role=timer]div[role=timer]em[role=timer]figure[role=timer]i[role=timer]ins[role=timer]kbd[role=timer]mark[role=timer]output[role=timer]p[role=timer]pre[role=timer]q[role=timer]samp[role=timer]small[role=timer]span[role=timer]table[role=timer]tbody[role=timer]tfoot[role=timer]thead[role=timer]time[role=timer]u[role=timer]var[role=timer]