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There's contradictory information in various tutorials across the web, as well as in this SO question, so I'm seeking some help to clarify. In contex to a step progress indicator like the one below, which way is correct value for the current step in-progress, aria-current="true", or, aria-current="step"?

Image of step-based progress indicator

TylerH
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G.Mart
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    Funny, I went to the "SO question" you referred to, starting reading the answer and thought, "this guy knows what he's talking about". I was then embarrassed that it was me :-) I typically use `aria-current="true"` because I've tested that on a variety of browsers and screen readers and know it works. I have not tested the "step" value. Whether the user hears "current" or "current step" probably doesn't matter. The latter is a slightly better UX but you'd want to test on all platforms first. – slugolicious Aug 24 '21 at 22:31

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W3.org seems to show that aria-current="step" would be correct, unless the fact that the visually styled element is not a link changes this.

A step token used to indicate a link within a step indicator for a step-based process, where the link is visually styled to represent the current step. - w3.org

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