Element: ariaSort property
{{APIRef("DOM")}}
The ariaSort property of the {{domxref("Element")}} interface reflects the value of the aria-sort attribute, which indicates if items in a table or grid are sorted in ascending or descending order.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
"ascending"- : Items are sorted in ascending order by this column.
"descending"- : Items are sorted in descending order by this column.
"none"- : There is no defined sort applied to the column.
"other"- : A sort algorithm other than ascending or descending has been applied.
Examples
In this example the aria-sort attribute on the element with an ID of role-heading is set to “none”. Using ariaSort we update the value to “ascending”.
<table
id="semantic-table"
role="table"
aria-label="Semantic Elements"
aria-describedby="semantic_elements_table_desc"
aria-rowcount="100">
<caption id="semantic_elements_table_desc">
Semantic Elements to use instead of ARIA's roles
</caption>
<thead role="rowgroup">
<tr role="row">
<th
role="columnheader"
id="role-heading"
aria-sort="none"
aria-rowindex="1"
aria-colindex="1">
ARIA Role
</th>
<th
role="columnheader"
id="element-heading"
aria-sort="none"
aria-rowindex="1">
Semantic Element
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody role="rowgroup">
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="11">header</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="11">h1</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="16">header</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="16">h6</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="18">rowgroup</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="18">thead</td>
</tr>
<tr role="row">
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="24">term</td>
<td role="cell" aria-rowindex="24">dt</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
let el = document.getElementById("role-heading");
console.log(el.ariaSort); // none
el.ariaSort = "ascending";
console.log(el.ariaSort); // ascending
Specifications
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Browser compatibility
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