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From: Beattie, Allan
Date: Dec 30, 2017 11:27AM

I've been reviewing our website and comparing patterns to the examples given in the WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices. I'd like some opinions on whether what I've done with our breadcrumb is advisable.

It seems odd to make the last item in the list a link, since it's the current page, but if the element isn't focusable users won't benefit from the `aria-current` attribute.

So I added `tabindex="0"` to the last item in the list to make it focusable, even though it won't do anything.

Full markup is as follows:

```HTML
<nav role="navigation" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
<ol>
<li><a href="foo">Foo</a></li>
<li><a href="bar">Bar</a></li>
<li tabindex="0" aria-current="page">Baz</li>
</ol>
</nav>
```

It sounds fine, at least in the latest NVDA and JAWS, but users of browser / atech combinations that don't recognise `aria-current` will be left wondering what the heck this is.

Have we commited an a11y faux pas?

Allan
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