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Re: XHTML tab order and Flash

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Aug 18, 2009 8:50AM

That said, Andrew, I agree with making Flash items themselves keyboard
accessible but that is a separate issue with its own problems and as such I
want to concentrate on the scenario of tabbing from HTML to Flash. Taking
your example of sIFR though, I don't recall coming across an example that
supports tabbing between XHTML and Flash ... least not that works with
Firefox. That adobe link you sent too, doesn't that just deal with the tab
focus range 'once inside Flash'? I had come across documentation on this
issue, but I'm primarily concerned about how to ensure that users can tab
'into' a Flash item before letting them out.

The example does not have HTML links on the same page, but it could and you would be able to tab between the HTML and Flash content in Firefox as you can in IE.

tab into Flash ... there is too much concentration at the moment to assume
that users can 'click into' Flash items to take advantage of Flash's
accessibility offerings ... a real oversight in opinion.

Clicking into the flash content isn't necessary.

AWK