Description
Defines an element’s number or position in the current set of listitems or treeitems. Not required if all elements in the set are present in the DOM. See related aria-setsize.
If all items in a set are present in the document structure, it is not necessary to set this attribute, as the user agent can automatically calculate the set size and position for each item. However, if only a portion of the set is present in the document structure at a given moment, this property is needed to provide an explicit indication of an element’s position.
Authors MUST set the value for aria-posinset to an integer greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to the size of the set when that size is known. Authors SHOULD use aria-setsize.
When exposing aria-posinset on a menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, or menuitemradio, authors SHOULD set the value of aria-posinset with respect to the total number of items in the menu, excluding any separators.
Example
HTML Example
The following example shows items 5 through 8 in a set of 16.
<h2 id="label_fruit"> Available Fruit </h2>
<ul role="listbox" aria-labelledby="label_fruit">
<li role="option" aria-setsize="16" aria-posinset="5"> apples </li>
<li role="option" aria-setsize="16" aria-posinset="6"> bananas </li>
<li role="option" aria-setsize="16" aria-posinset="7"> cantaloupes </li>
<li role="option" aria-setsize="16" aria-posinset="8"> dates </li>
</ul>
Characteristics
Used in Roles
- article
- listitem
- menuitem
- option
- radio
- tab
Inherits into Roles
- menuitemcheckbox
- menuitemradio
- treeitem
Value
- integer
- A numerical value without a fractional component.