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Re: Question on keyboard interaction for tabs

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Dec 17, 2012 10:38PM

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Maraikayar Prem Nawaz wrote:

> Are these conflicting as the screen users would using up/down arrow for
> navigation within the document.

When on a tab panel, up/down arrow keys should never provide
navigation within the document. Supporting both up/down and left/right
arrow keys allows natural interaction behavior for vertically oriented
tab panels, which are fairly common.

Jared