# Prevent Custom Document Role

> Prevents web pages from declaring a custom ARIA accessibility role for the body. This enables WebAutoType and KeyLayoutAutoSwitch to access the URL.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/prevent-custom-document-role](https://chrome-stats.com/d/prevent-custom-document-role)

## Overview

- **ID:** `prevent-custom-document-role`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alex Vallat
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Version:** 0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2019-01-16
- **Size:** 7.77 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/prevent-custom-document-role/)
- **Website:** [https://sourceforge.net/p/webautotype](https://sourceforge.net/p/webautotype)

## Description

Prevent Custom Document Role is a Firefox add-on that prevents websites from declaring a custom ARIA accessibility role for the body tag. By doing so, it enables accessibility applications like WebAutoType and KeyLayoutAutoSwitch to access and read the URL.

## Rankings

- #31,676 — Overall
- #13 — document
- #17 — prevent
- #116 — event
- #154 — documentation
- #157 — present

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/prevent-custom-document-role)