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Re: 1.3.2 meaningful sequence

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Jan 27, 2011 7:54PM

Certainly adding a brief explanation to aid non-visual users is one
way to help this group.
But is there some heading text before each list that suggests what the
list contains? Something to say that the first is a list of pending /
pottential items or members that can be added and the next one is a
list of items currently added or a list of current membership .
But the buttons should certainly be in the correct logical sequence if
one is tabbing through the content. Else it could trigger SC 2.4.3.
And the purpose of the buttons too should be clearer. Add (or Remove)
to/from what? In the context of this content it could trigger SC
2.4.6. For e.g. "Add to selection" or "Add a member" could be the
first button, followed by heading for the next list, then list #2 and
then button#2 that says "Remove from selection" or "Delete Member".
Aesthetically it may make sense to place the buttons between the
lists, but even visually or logically, is it consistent?The first
button is after the first list but the second one is before the second
list?
Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang
www.deque.com

On 1/27/11, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I am sure we tested exactly this construction with a screen reader user some
> years ago, and that they coped ok. The WCAG say that the content has to be
> understandable, not that it has to be understandable the first time it is
> read in a linearised manner. I'm not sure there is a better way to construct
> this type of content than what you already have.
>
> Your website is very similar to an FTP client insofar as they also have two
> lists of items and two buttons to move them from one side to the other.
> Plenty of screen reader users manage to use this functionality with no
> difficulty.
>
> Steve Green
> Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of adam solomon
> Sent: 27 January 2011 15:06
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] 1.3.2 meaningful sequence
>
> An example:
> Html consists of two lists of names with corresponding checkboxes - the
> first list consists of potential people who can be added to the second list.
> The second list are the people who have already been added. The two lists
> come one after another in the DOM, yet they are visually presented
> side-by-side by css float. In between the two lists, both in the DOM and
> visually are two buttons - one button adds an entry from the first list to
> the second list, while the other button causes an entry already added to the
> second list to be removed from it and placed back in the first list. I was
> concerned about the fact that the remove button, which would need to be
> clicked after choosing from the second list, comes before that list in the
> DOM. In order to clarify things, we added a short explanation of how the
> whole thing works. Technically, the DOM sequence matches the visual
> sequence, yet visually it is easier to pick up on the fact that the buttons
> "drag" names from one list to the other. The client is unwilling to change
> the position of the buttons. Are we in violation of WCAG here, specifically
> 1.3.2<http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20101014/content-s
> tructure-separation-sequence.html>,
> or any other criterion> more importantly, does a screen reader user stand a
> reasonable chance to understand how to operate the lists?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
> --
> adam solomon
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> blogix <http://adam.blogix.co.il/>;
>