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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Feb 16, 2012 2:18PM


Typically, when a new page is loaded but the new page does not specifically designate focus, the magnification stays focused on the part of the screen that last had focus.

So if you had been tabbing and were focused on a link at the bottom right hand corner of the screen and you then clicked the link, focus would still remain there when the new page was loaded. If you hit the tab key and system focus moved to the first link on the page, then the magnified viewport would move to that part of the screen.



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Subject: [WebAIM] zoom magnification

Hello All,
I might not be using the right terms/words to ask this question, but hope you will understand what I'm after.

When a person who uses a screen magnification software tool first comes to a page, what area of the page do they see if no focus has been programmatically applied by the web developer?

I am asking this in reference to the placement of Skip to Main Content links (per this morning's thread). Does a highly magnified page "focus" the screen on the top left?

Thank you



Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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