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Live Region
A live region is a DOM element marked with the aria-live attribute (or one of the implicit live-region roles: alert, status, log) so that updates to its content are announced by screen readers without moving keyboard focus — used for toast notifications, form validation, loading indicators and status messages.
About Live Region
aria-live="polite" announces when the user is idle. aria-live="assertive" interrupts. Use sparingly; over-use causes verbosity fatigue.
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