aria-checked for Checkboxes

[ata1704]

Summary

The Checkbox should have the aria-checked attribute showing the boolean state that is provided for the Checkbox. I cannot see any reason why this is not implemented by default.

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Motivation

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Search keywords: aria-checked checkbox

[aarongarciah]

Hi @ata1704, thanks for getting involved. The Checkbox component uses an <input type="checkbox"> element under the hood, so there's no need to use aria-checked since it already has built in semantics. We try to follow the first rule of ARIA whenever possible:

If you can use a native HTML element [HTML51] or attribute with the semantics and behavior you require already built in, instead of re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible, then do so.

(source: https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrule)

Feel free to reopen this issue if you think it requires further discussion.