URL: /rules/a11y/aria-required-children

---
title: "ARIA Required Children"
description: "Checks that elements with certain roles have required child roles"
---

Checks that elements with certain roles have required child roles

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `a11y/aria-required-children` |
| **Category** | [Accessibility](/rules/a11y) |
| **Scope** | Per-page |
| **Severity** | error |
| **Weight** | 7/10 |

## Solution

Some ARIA roles require specific child roles. For example, role='list' must contain role='listitem', role='menu' must contain menu items. Add the required child elements with appropriate roles.

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["a11y/aria-required-children"]
```

### Disable all Accessibility rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["a11y/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["a11y/aria-required-children"]
disable = ["*"]
```