Using aria-selected on focusable elements

Hello,

 

Resurfacing an idea from Steve Faulkner [1], and consequently put into the
PF tracker against ARIA 1.1 [2].

 

The original suggestion was for aria-selected to be permitted on any
focusable element. The use case being to indicate things like the currently
selected page, or the current step in a process.

 

James Craig noted (in the tracker) that although the use case is sound,
aria-selected may not be an appropriate solution.

 

I wonder therefore whether a new attribute, perhaps aria-current, could be
introduced to solve this use case?

 

Léonie.

 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2012Jul/0006.html

[2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/issues/587

 

Carpe diem.