- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:17:08 -0800
- To: lwatson@paciellogroup.com
- Cc: richschwer@gmail.com, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Being tracked as: ISSUE-587: Consider allowing the aria-selected state on any focusable element, or add a new attr like aria-active https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/issues/587 On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Léonie Watson <lwatson@paciellogroup.com> wrote: > 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 > The Paciello Group.
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