What State ARIA In?
Aditya Jainapur | October 20, 2025 | Technical
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) attributes play a vital role in communicating dynamic interface states to assistive technologies. However, attributes like aria-selected, aria-pressed, aria-current, and aria-checked are often confused because they all express some form of “state” or “selection.”
In this article, we’ll clarify what each of these attributes does, when to use them, and common mistakes developers make, helping ensure your ARIA implementation accurately reflects the user interface state and supports a predictable experience for assistive technology users.
aria-selected – Represents an Item’s Selection Within a Set
aria-selected is used for elements within a group of options where one or more items can be selected by [...]