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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Apr 1, 2013 3:01PM

Hi Angela,

That's just how Safari works. Tabbing only takes you from form field to
firm field. You can get it to tab to links by doing Option -Tab.

David

On Monday, April 1, 2013, Angela French wrote:

> I just noticed something about Safari and Opera on my agency's websites. I
> feel it must be a user error or something on the page itself. I can't use
> the tab key to navigate around. When I try, the focus just repeatedly
> alternates focus between the address field and the browser search field.
> Can anyone tell me what the hang up might be on my sites? Here are two
> sample pages.
>
> http://checkoutacollege.com/GetStarted/GED.aspx
> http://www.sbctc.edu/college/e_achievingthedream.aspx
>
> In Opera, this page never moves out of my site's search field.
> http://www.sbctc.edu/college/e_achievingthedream.aspx
> In Opera, I can't get anywhere on this site:
> http://checkoutacollege.com/GetStarted/GED.aspx?section=GetStarted
>
> These issues don't exist in IE, FF or Chrome.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <javascript:;>
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>
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