Element: ariaCurrent property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2023.
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
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| Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) # dom-ariamixin-ariacurrent |