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Re: Which should come first - navigation OR content?

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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Apr 26, 2006 3:10AM

Christian Heilmann wrote:
>> What do you all think of using tabindex=1 to jump to the content, and
>> tabindex=2 to the navigation. Seems to me like it accomplishes the
>> whole lot in one attribute.
>> Allen Hoffman
>
> How long have you been on this list? I save John Foliot the standard
> answer. IMHO tabindex is really nothing I would rely on in any case.


But those links appear to be about access keys not tab index order.
I've only been on here a few months and I don't remember seeing a
discussion of tab index used this way so I'd be quite interested to read
the pros and cons.

Penny