Element: ariaCurrent property
Baseline 2023
Newly available
Since October 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The ariaCurrent
property of the Element
interface reflects the value of the aria-current
attribute, which indicates the element that represents the current item within a container or set of related elements.
Value
A string with one of the following values:
"page"
-
Represents the current page within a set of pages.
"step"
-
Represents the current step within a process.
"location"
-
Represents the current location, for example the current page in a breadcrumbs hierarchy.
"date"
-
Represents the current date within a collection of dates.
"time"
-
Represents the current time within a set of times.
"true"
-
Represents the current item within a set.
"false"
-
Does not represent the current item within a set.
Examples
In this example a set of links are used for site navigation. The aria-current
attribute indicates the current page. The value page
is incorporated into the screen reader announcement. Using ariaCurrent
we can update that value.
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a id="link-home" href="/" aria-current="page">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
let el = document.getElementById("link-home");
console.log(el.ariaCurrent); // "page"
el.ariaCurrent = "tab";
console.log(el.ariaCurrent); // "tab"
Specifications
Specification |
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariacurrent |
Browser compatibility
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