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<p>Tests invalid ARIA roles from <a href="https://w3c.github.io/aria/#document-handling_author-errors_roles">9.1 Roles - handling author errors</a>.</p>
<!-- Tests fallback for <nav> when 1/2/3 invalid roles are supplied -->
<nav role="foo" data-testname="nav with invalid role name foo" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="foo bar" data-testname="nav with two invalid role names" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="foo bar baz" data-testname="nav with three invalid role names" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<!-- Tests fallback for <button> when 1/2/3 invalid roles are supplied -->
<button role="foo" data-testname="button with invalid role name foo" data-expectedrole="button" class="ex">x</button>
<button role="foo bar" data-testname="button with two invalid role names" data-expectedrole="button" class="ex">x</button>
<button role="foo bar baz" data-testname="button with three invalid role names" data-expectedrole="button" class="ex">x</button>
<!-- Tests fallback for semantically neutral elements when 1/2/3 invalid roles are supplied -->
<span role="foo" data-testname="span with invalid role name foo" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="foo bar" data-testname="span with two invalid role names" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="foo bar baz" data-testname="span with three invalid role names" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<div role="foo" data-testname="div with invalid role name foo" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="foo bar" data-testname="div with two invalid role names" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="foo bar baz" data-testname="div with three invalid role names"class="ex-generic">x</div>
<!-- Whitespace tests with <nav> (including line breaks, tabs, zero-width space, braille space, non-breaking space, standard space) -->
<nav role=" " data-testname="nav with empty character as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="
" data-testname="nav with line break (
) character as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="	" data-testname="nav with tab (	) as role (should be treated as whitespace)" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="​" data-testname="nav with zero-width space as role (should be treated as whitespace)" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="⠀" data-testname="nav with braille space (10240) as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="⠀" data-testname="nav with braille space (x2800) as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role=" " data-testname="nav with non-breaking space (nbsp) as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="" data-testname="nav with standard space (nbsp) as role" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<!-- Escaped whitespace tests with <span> (including line breaks, tabs, zero-width space, braille space, non-breaking space, standard space) -->
<span role=" " data-testname="span with escaped empty character as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="
" data-testname="span with escaped line break (
) character as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="	" data-testname="span with escaped tab (	) as role (should be treated as whitespace)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="​" data-testname="span with escaped zero-width space as role (should be treated as whitespace)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="⠀" data-testname="span with escaped braille space (10240) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="⠀" data-testname="span with escaped braille space (x2800) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role=" " data-testname="span with escaped non-breaking space (nbsp) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="" data-testname="span with escaped standard space (nbsp) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<!-- Unescaped whitespace tests with <span> (including line breaks, tabs, zero-width space, braille space, non-breaking space, standard space) -->
<span role=" " data-testname="span with empty character as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="
" data-testname="span with line break (
) character as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role=" " data-testname="span with tab (	) as role (should be treated as whitespace)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="" data-testname="span with zero-width space as role (should be treated as whitespace)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="⠀" data-testname="span with braille space (10240) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role=" " data-testname="span with non-breaking space (nbsp) as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role=" " data-testname="span with standard space as role" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<!-- Diacritics with <a> -->
<a href="#" role="̃" data-testname="link with role set to tilde diacritic" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="foõ" data-testname="link with role foo that has tilde diacritic" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="̅" data-testname="link with role set to overline diacritic" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="foo̅" data-testname="link with role foo that has overline diacritic" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="̭" data-testname="link with role set to circumflex diacritic below" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="foo̭" data-testname="link with role foo that has circumflex diacritic below" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="#" role="buttoñ" data-testname="link with role set to button with tilde diacritic" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<!-- Diacritics with <div> -->
<div role="̃" data-testname="div with role set to tilde diacritic" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="foõ" data-testname="div with role foo that has tilde diacritic" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="buttoñ" data-testname="div with role set to button with tilde diacritic" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="button´" data-testname="div with role set to button with unescaped tilde diacritic" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<!-- Zero-width joiners (e.g., ZWJ like emoji variants use) with <button> -->
<!-- [sic] role="" should include an invisible ZWJ], and role="link" ends with an invisible ZWJ. Use caution when editing. -->
<button role="" data-testname="button with role set to zero-width joiner" data-expectedrole="button" class="ex">x</button>
<button role="link" data-testname="button with role set to foo with zero-width joiner" data-expectedrole="button" class="ex">x</button>
<!-- Non-western chars with <nav> -->
<nav role="Θ" data-testname="nav with role set to theta (Θ)" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="ژ" data-testname="nav with role set to Persian character (ژ)" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="ژ ♮" data-testname="nav with multiple non-latin character roles, Persian character (ژ) and ♮" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="漢字" data-testname="nav with role set to Japanese kanji" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<!-- Non-western chars with <span> -->
<span role="Θ" data-testname="span with role set to theta (Θ)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="ژ" data-testname="span with role set to Persian character (ژ)" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="ژ ♮" data-testname="span with multiple non-latin character roles, Persian character (ژ) and ♮" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="漢字" data-testname="span with role set to Japanese kanji" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<!-- RTL strings (Hebrew & Arabic) with <nav> -->
<nav role="سلام" data-testname="nav with role set to Arabic text" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="سلام حبيب" data-testname="nav with multiple role assignments set to Arabic text" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="שלום" data-testname="nav with role set to Hebrew text" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="שלום חבר" data-testname="nav with multiple role assignments set to Hebrew text" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<!-- RTL strings (Hebrew & Arabic) with <div> -->
<div role="سلام" data-testname="div with role set to Arabic text" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="سلام حبيب" data-testname="div with multiple role assignments set to Arabic text" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="שלום" data-testname="div with role set to Hebrew text" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<div role="שלום חבר" data-testname="div with multiple role assignments set to Hebrew text" class="ex-generic">x</div>
<!-- Escaped chars, URL-encoded chars with <a> -->
<a href="https://www.apple.com/" role="&" data-testname="link with role set to ampersand character" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<a href="https://www.apple.com/" role="<" data-testname="link with role set to less than angle bracket character" data-expectedrole="link" class="ex">x</a>
<!-- Escaped chars, URL-encoded chars with <span> -->
<span role="&" data-testname="span with role set to ampersand character" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="<" data-testname="span with role set to less than angle bracket character" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="&" data-testname="span with role set to unescaped ampersand character" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="<" data-testname="span with role set to unescaped less than angle bracket character" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<!-- Backslash closing quote and other malformed roles with characters with <nav> -->
<nav role="region\" data-testname="nav with role set to region followed by backslash" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="\region" data-testname="nav with role set to backslash followed by region" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<nav role="re/gion" data-testname="nav with role set to region with backslash after e character" data-expectedrole="navigation" class="ex">x</nav>
<!-- Backslash closing quote and other malformed roles with characters with <span> -->
<span role="region\" data-testname="span with role set to region followed by backslash" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="\region" data-testname="span with role set to backslash followed by region" class="ex-generic">x</span>
<span role="re/gion" data-testname="span with role set to region with forward slash after e character" class="ex-generic">x</span>
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AriaUtils.verifyRolesBySelector(".ex");
AriaUtils.verifyGenericRolesBySelector(".ex-generic");
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