[Feature proposal] Append aria-current=page to active link_to

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I discovered the possibility of using aria-current=“page” to highlight the current link in a nav with CSS rules by reading the excellent guide proposal on accessibility.

[aria-current="page"] { 
  font-weight: bold; 
  border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor; 
}

This method is better than adding a custom active class to links, and it makes the link more accessible.

I’m thinking about improving the ActionView link_to helper so that it automatically appends this attribute to all links when current_page?(url_target) is true.

For cases when developers want to customize when a link should be marked as current, the link_to helper would accept a current boolean option that overrides the default behavior.