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Re: Flash Trapping Focus?
From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 15, 2009 1:30PM
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Rothschild, Joseph T. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM) (CTR) wrote:
> This is my first post to this list, so if I'm doing something wrong or
> asking the wrong topic, please forgive me...
>
> I have a swf that's embedded on a page, and for some reason it's
> trapping the focus. What I mean is that as you tab through the page, all
> is fine but when you hit the swf, you can't tab out of it... it just
> keeps tabbing in a loop through the swf.
>
> All the accessibility controls are being used in the swf, taborder, alt
> descriptions, etc... I've tried embedding it using the standard
> Dreamweaver method, as well as the swfObject method, but they both have
> the same results...
>
> Any idea off the tops of your heads what's up with that?
It's a known and old issue in Firefox (I'm assuming it's FF you're
using), and there seems to be little to no movement on this matter,
which is annoying to say the least. (originally filed, in one form or
another, back in 2001!)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78414
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