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From: Ryan Hemphill
Date: Nov 9, 2011 1:48PM

Having looked into it further, you are correct - but only for IE and only
through 8.

cancelBubble is the IE equivalent of stopPropagation (of course, being MS,
they don't follow the standards, surprise surprise.)

In my case (and some may find this interesting) I am using jQuery and
thanks to myvery well informed fellow dev I found out that jQuery insures
that it works for IE as well without doing the cancelBubble which is why I
haven't had problems.

stopPropagation is supported by IE 9.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Would it be benefitial to add cancelBubble=true to this as well?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Hemphill" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] form "auto tab"
>
>
> > The skipping of form fields is probably happening because the tab key
> > event
> > is getting passed to the focus target. It's easy enough to avoid by a
> > event.preventDefault() et al of bubbling. Here's my little catchall
> which
> > seems to knock out pretty much everything..
> >
> > function preventEvents(event)
> > {
> > /* NOTE: insures that keyup event doesn't fire on target as well. */
> > event.preventDefault();
> > event.stopPropagation();
> > event.stopImmediatePropagation(); /* you may not want this one,
> depending
> > on your situation, so comment it out if things are not in a happy place
> */
> > }
> >
> > That being said, I still hate the idea of auto-tab. I don't blame anyone
> > who ends up complaining about it's use either. They aren't whining - it
> > really is annoying and a bad idea.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Paul Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> >> I also find the auto-advancing form fields annoying and recommend
> >> avoiding
> >> it. I can't find the exact location in WCAG but I thought it recommended
> >> that if you use this sort of feature to warn the users before hand.
> Makes
> >> sense to me. I often end up hitting the TAB button and wind up 2 form
> >> fields ahead and have to go back to correct my mistakes.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Jon Brundage < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I'd like to get input on the use of "auto tab" in form field
> >> > navigation.
> >> I
> >> > generally feel it is a poor practice, but would like to know the
> >> > general
> >> > consensus on its use.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Jon
> >> >
> >> >