Indicates, when set to true, that an element and its entire subtree are hidden from assistive technology, regardless of whether it is visibly rendered.
User agents determine an element's [=element/hidden=] status based on whether it is rendered, and the rendering is usually controlled by CSS. For example, an element whose display property is set to none is not rendered. An element is considered [=element/hidden=] if it, or any of its ancestors are not rendered or have their aria-hidden attribute value set to true.
Authors MAY, with caution, use aria-hidden to hide visibly rendered content from assistive technologies only if the act of hiding this content is intended to improve the experience for users of assistive technologies by removing redundant or extraneous content. Authors using aria-hidden to hide visible content MUST ensure that identical or equivalent meaning and functionality is exposed to assistive technologies.
-Authors are advised to use extreme caution and consider a wide range of disabilities when hiding visibly rendered content from assistive technologies. For example, a sighted, dexterity-impaired individual might use voice-controlled assistive technologies to access a visual interface. If an author hides visible link text "Go to checkout" and exposes similar, yet non-identical link text "Check out now" to the accessibility API, the user might be unable to access the interface they perceive using voice control. Similar problems can also arise for screen reader users. For example, a sighted telephone support technician might attempt to have the blind screen reader user click the "Go to checkout" link, which they might be unable to find using a type-ahead item search ("Go to…").
+Authors MUST NOT use aria-hidden to hide the root element or the host language element that represents the contents of the primary document in view. For instance, the html or body elements in an HTML document. Authors MAY, with caution, use aria-hidden to hide visibly rendered content from assistive technologies only if the act of hiding this content is intended to improve the experience for users of assistive technologies by removing redundant or extraneous content. Authors using aria-hidden to hide visible content from screen readers MUST ensure that identical or equivalent meaning and functionality is exposed to assistive technologies.
Authors are advised to use extreme caution and consider a wide range of disabilities when hiding visibly rendered content from assistive technologies. For example, a sighted, dexterity-impaired individual might use voice-controlled assistive technologies to access a visual interface. If an author hides visible link text "Go to checkout" and exposes similar, yet non-identical link text "Check out now" to the accessibility API, the user might be unable to access the interface they perceive using voice control software. Similar problems can also arise for screen reader users. For example, a sighted telephone support technician might attempt to have the blind screen reader user click the "Go to checkout" link, which they might be unable to find using a type-ahead item search ("Go to…"), since that text would have been hidden by the use of the attribute.
As of ARIA 1.3, aria-hidden="undefined".
The original intent for aria-hidden="false" was to allow user agents to expose content that was otherwise hidden from the accessibility tree. However, due to ambiguity in the specification and inconsistent browser support for the false value, the original intent is no longer supported.
To prevent authors erroneously hiding entire window-rendered documents only to those using assistive technology, user agents MUST NOT expose the hidden state to assistive technologies if it is specified on the root element or the host language element that represents the contents of the primary document in view. For instance, the html or body elements in an HTML document, or the root svg element if it is rendered as its own primary document in the browser window. If authors were to specify aria-hidden="true" on the opening tag for an embedded document, for instance on a math or svg embedded within an HTML document, user agents would still be expected to hide these elements from assistive technologies.