VisuallyHidden

VisuallyHidden hides its children visually, while keeping content visible to screen readers.

install	`yarn add react-aria`
version	3.32.0
usage	`import {VisuallyHidden} from 'react-aria'`

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Introduction#

VisuallyHidden is a utility component that can be used to hide its children visually, while keeping them visible to screen readers and other assistive technology. This would typically be used when you want to take advantage of the behavior and semantics of a native element like a checkbox or radio button, but replace it with a custom styled element visually.

Props#

Name	Type	Default	Description
`children`	`ReactNode`	—	The content to visually hide.
`elementType`	`string \| JSXElementConstructor<any>`	`'div'`	The element type for the container.
`isFocusable`	`boolean`	—	Whether the element should become visible on focus, for example skip links.
`id`	`string \| undefined`	—
`style`	`CSSProperties \| undefined`	—
`className`	`string \| undefined`	—

Accessibility

Name	Type	Description
`role`	`AriaRole \| undefined`
`tabIndex`	`number \| undefined`

Example#

See useRadioGroup and useCheckbox for examples of using VisuallyHidden to hide native form elements visually.

Hook#

In order to allow additional rendering flexibility, the useVisuallyHidden hook can be used in custom components instead of the VisuallyHidden component. It supports the same options as the component, and returns props to spread onto the element that should be hidden.

useVisuallyHidden(
  (props: VisuallyHiddenProps
)): VisuallyHiddenAria

import {useVisuallyHidden} from 'react-aria';

let { visuallyHiddenProps } = useVisuallyHidden();

<div {...visuallyHiddenProps}>I am hidden</div>

import {useVisuallyHidden} from 'react-aria';

let { visuallyHiddenProps } = useVisuallyHidden();

<div {...visuallyHiddenProps}>I am hidden</div>

import {useVisuallyHidden} from 'react-aria';

let {
  visuallyHiddenProps
} = useVisuallyHidden();

<div
  {...visuallyHiddenProps}
>
  I am hidden
</div>