Re: Using aria-selected on focusable elements

Hi. I agree it's clearer when one attribute is not used for different
proposes. If new use case has a different AT API mapping than
aria-selected on selectable widget items then it should be a big
confusion because items maybe focusable too. But I should admit I
don't understand the proposed use case. Can I have some real life
examples of it please?
Thank you.
Alexander.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello,
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> Resurfacing an idea from Steve Faulkner [1], and consequently put into the
> PF tracker against ARIA 1.1 [2].
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> 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.
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> James Craig noted (in the tracker) that although the use case is sound,
> aria-selected may not be an appropriate solution.
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> I wonder therefore whether a new attribute, perhaps aria-current, could be
> introduced to solve this use case?
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> Léonie.
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> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2012Jul/0006.html
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> [2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/issues/587
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> Carpe diem.
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