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ElementInternals: ariaCurrent property

Baseline 2023
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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 ElementInternals 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.

Note: Setting aria attributes on ElementInternals allows default semantics to be defined on a custom element. These may be overwritten by author-defined attributes, but ensure that default semantics are retained should the author delete those attributes, or fail to add them at all. For more information see the Accessibility Object Model explainer.

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 the value of ariaCurrent is set to "page".

class CustomControl extends HTMLElement {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.internals_ = this.attachInternals();
    this.internals_.ariaCurrent = "page";
  }
  // …
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
ariaCurrent 81 81 119 68 16.4 81 119 58 16.4 13.0 81 16.4

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ElementInternals/ariaCurrent