getRole()</pre>
<div class="block"><p>Return the value of the <code>role</code> property.</p></div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>the property value
 <p>Contents: <p class="changed_added_2_2">Per the WAI-ARIA spec and its
 relationship to HTML5 (Section title ARIA Role Attriubute),
 every HTML element may have a "role" attribute whose value
 must be passed through unmodified on the element on which it
 is declared in the final rendered markup.  The attribute, if
 specified, mus