[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40833: Allow addition of aria-current="page" to current page element in paginate_links()

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#40833: Allow addition of aria-current="page" to current page element in
paginate_links()
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 Reporter:  GrahamArmfield  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General         |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  accessibility   |
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 Ticket #40359 aims to allow attributes to be added to links in navigation
 menus - including `aria-current="page"`.

 This ticket concerns the output created by `paginate_links()`. It would be
 useful to add the `aria-current="page"` attribute to the element
 representing the current page in the pagination list.

 The `aria-current` attribute is a new ARIA attribute being introduced in
 ARIA 1.1 and its aim is to help assistive technology users (often screen
 readers) orientate themselves within a list of items. There are many
 possible values for this attribute, but the most appropriate here would be
 'page'.

 Further information on aria-current can be found at: https://www.w3.org/TR
 /wai-aria-1.1/#aria-current

 == Examples ==
 Example output from current paginate_links:
 {{{
 <ul class='page-numbers'>
    <li><span class='page-numbers current'>1</span></li>
    <li><a class='page-numbers'
 href='http://blah.com/blog/page/2/'>2</a></li>
    <li><a class='page-numbers'
 href='http://blah.com/blog/page/3/'>3</a></li>
    <li><a class="next page-numbers"
 href="http://blah.com/blog/page/2/">Older »</a></li>
 </ul>
 }}}

 Example enhanced with `aria-current` attribute:
 {{{
 <ul class='page-numbers'>
    <li><span class='page-numbers current' aria-
 current="page">1</span></li>
    <li><a class='page-numbers'
 href='http://blah.com/blog/page/2/'>2</a></li>
    <li><a class='page-numbers'
 href='http://blah.com/blog/page/3/'>3</a></li>
    <li><a class="next page-numbers"
 href="http://blah.com/blog/page/2/">Older »</a></li>
 </ul>
 }}}

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