Help center: Selected link state is not announced by the screen reader.

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      Selected link state between the list of links is not announced by the screen reader.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. With screen reader navigate to the Help portal.
      2. Navigate to the "Common requests" link.
      3. Observe that visually it is indicating selected state but screen reader doesn’t announce the same.

      Actual Results

      While navigating with screen reader, when user navigate to "Common requests" link present within other links, visually it is indicating selected state with bold & left pointing arrow but screen reader doesn’t announce the same.

      This makes screen reader user difficult to understand the currently selected link between set of links.

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      Expected Results

      The selected link state should be announced by the screen reader.

      Provide aria-current=true to the currently selected link. 

      Workaround

      Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

              Assignee:
              Aryan Chaubal
              Reporter:
              ssuryavanshi (Inactive)
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