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Re: Tab order for navigation regions

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Nov 6, 2009 1:00PM

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Mark Guisinger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Which of these is better or is there a guideline/standard for accessible tab order?

I'm not aware of any guideline or standard for such a thing. And there
probably isn't one right answer. It does underscore the difficulty in
conveying complex menus (as is being discussed in a parallel thread
right now).

My first thought would be to isolate the primary and secondary
navigation (your option #1), perhaps with indicators that identify
each. I'm not quite sure how the hierarchy of option #2 could be
conveyed to someone that cannot see it, unless a list of primary
navigation items with a nested list for secondary navigation items was
implemented. But this approach would likely be quite difficult to
present visually.

I'm sure there are other opinions or solutions to this.

Jared