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From: Angela French
Date: Feb 16, 2012 2:30PM


Thank you.

>-----Original Message-----
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> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tim Harshbarger
>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:19 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] zoom magnification
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>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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>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:44 PM
>To: 'WebAim Forum ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )'
>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
>360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
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