ACTION-1442: Draft spec text for aria-current and aria-currentfor

Comments welcome…

 

1.       Aria-current attribute

 

Indicates the element that represents the current item with a navigation
container in its ancestry.

 

The aria-current attribute indicates whether the element is current (true),
or not current (false). If the aria-current attribute is false, the current
state of the element should not be conveyed by User Agents.

 

For example the aria-current attribute may be used to indicate the current
document in a collection or the current step in a process.

 

Note

The aria-current attribute is similar to the aria-selected attribute, but
there are important differences. the aria-selected attribute indicates the
selected state of children within certain widgets, whilst the aria-current
attribute indicates the current element within the scope of a container.

 

Characteristics of aria-current

Used in roles: : button, link, listitem, img.

Value: true/false/undefined

 

Values of aria-current

true: The element is current

false: The element is not current

undefined: The element cannot be current

 

2.       Aria-currentfor attribute

 

Identifies the element that is the container for an element with
aria-current.

 

For example the aria-currentfor attribute may be used to indicate the
containing grid of a calendar widget, where the current date is indicated
with aria-current.

 

Characteristics of aria-currentfor

Used in roles: : All elements of the base markup

Value: ID reference

 

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Senior Accessibility Engineer, TPG

@LeonieWatson @PacielloGroup