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Re: Accessible conditional form fields

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From: D A
Date: Nov 2, 2010 4:06PM

> For non-form control text between form controls (I have heard it
> called 'intervening text')
> you would add a <p tabindex="0">a bunch of text</p> this forces the
> element to be in the tab order exactly in the place it occurs in the
> source code. When a user tabs from a form control the intervening
> paragraph will get a visual focus box to call attention to it, and
> Jaws reads the paragraph.
> Using Jaws 10 (you mileage may vary depending on the version of Jaws)
> the paragraph will always be spoken. Using a <div tabindex="0"> make
> Jaws 'beep' but nothing else

Good info.

Would you happen to know how <h# tabindex="0"> would work? If that is
read, then it seems that would then be an OK alternative to the legend
tag (in the sense that'd it be read).

-DA