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BBC: outline ARIA landmarks

Developer aid: outlines the ARIA landmark regions on the page and labels each with its role.

Code to copy

// Developer aid: outline ARIA landmarks and label them
(function () {
  var roles = ['banner', 'navigation', 'main', 'complementary',
    'contentinfo', 'region', 'search'];
  roles.forEach(function (role) {
    document.querySelectorAll('[role="' + role + '"]').forEach(function (el) {
      el.style.outline = '2px dashed #b80000';
      el.style.position = el.style.position || 'relative';
      var tag = document.createElement('span');
      tag.textContent = role;
      tag.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:99999;' +
        'background:#b80000;color:#fff;font:11px monospace;padding:1px 4px';
      el.appendChild(tag);
    });
  });
})();

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