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From: Kevin Chao
Date: Nov 9, 2011 3:36PM

Auto-tab from a screen reader/keyboard user point is absolutely awful,
annoying, and I think should never be used.

Kevin

On 11/9/11, Ryan Hemphill < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>> >> >
>> >> >