Suggested ARIA state

Rich,

 

A little while ago I re-surfaced the idea of an ARIA state that would
indicate the currently selected page within a collection or step within a
process [1]. The idea developed through the thread [2].

 

The idea is for an attribute (possibly aria-active or aria-current) that
could be applied to a link. Possible values for the attribute would include
“step” and “page”. 

 

For example:

 

<ul>

   <li><a href="home.html">Home</a></li>

   <li><a href="about.html" aria-active="page">About us</a></li>

   <li><a href="contact.html">Contact us</a></li>

</ul>

 

Or:

 

<ol>

   <li><a href="name.html">Provide your name</a></li>

   <li><a href="address.html" aria-active="step">Provide your
address</a></li>

   <li><a href="phone.html">Provide your phone number</a></li>

</ol>

 

As Matt King pointed out, programmatically indicating this information is
currently achieved through less than ideal design patterns (3].

I should have asked earlier in the week, but Doug’s email reminded me. If
there is time at the F2F meeting, perhaps this idea could be looked at for
ARIA 1.1?

 

Léonie.

 

[1] http://www.w3.org/mid/023101cecbfc$e7f2cfd0$b7d86f70$@tink.co.uk

[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2013Oct/0065.html 

[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2013Oct/0072.html 



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