VBA Change ARIA-Controls Value

Question

Good Morning,

I am trying to use VBA to fill an online form that uses "Aria". The program is very simple, and works for any form that doesn't use Aria, however I'm having a hard time adjusting it to this site. The HTML is as follows:

<div class="selectwrapper"> <label class="has-float-label shadow" for "event-0-line-0-name"> <div class="react-autosuggest__container" role="combobox" aria-expand ="false" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-owns="react-autowhatever-event-0-line-0-name"> <input class="react-autosuggest__input" aria-controls="react-autowhatever-event-0-line-0-name" aria-autocomplete="list" type="text" placehold="" autocomplete="off" value = "" /> <div class="react-autosuggest__suggestions-container" id="react-autowhatever-event-0-line-0-name" role="listbox" value="VALUE FROM PROGRAM">

Currently I'm using .getElementByID , and .setAttribute("value", "random text") . In the HTML this does change the value of the ID, however on the form it is still blank. I think I have to change the value under aria-controls, but I'm not sure how to do this in VBA. (When I change the Value under Aria-Controls manually, it updates on the form.

I'm hoping this is an easy fix, I'm guessing I just have to change the .getElementByID to something else, but I'm not sure what that is. Any help is will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

Currently I'm using .getElementByID , and .setAttribute("value", "random text") . In the HTML this does change the value of the ID

I don't follow what you're saying here. Setting the " value " attribute will not change the ID.

I think I have to change the value under aria-controls, but I'm not sure how to do this in VBA.

ARIA attributes are just like any other attribute and can be changed with setAttribute . For example to change the aria-expanded attribute, do this:

setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');

However, changing the ARIA attributes won't affect your form. ARIA attributes are hints to screen readers and other assistive technology and their values don't affect the visual display.