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From: Jim Allan
Date: Jun 17, 2013 3:21PM

Mike,
I use it in of my forms that have intervening instructions. Find it very
useful.

Jim


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Michael Moore < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> We are updating some of our training and I was wondering what the current
> concensus is regarding the use of tabindex=0 to bring intervening text
> inside of a web form into the tab ring. This would be used for things like
> section headings and instructions.
>
> Aria-describedby be seems useful when the instruction is related to a
> single field like instructions for password requirements. But in cases
> where the instructions are longer, perhaps a paragraph or more does it
> still make sense to use tabindex=0?
>
> What are your thoughts?
> > > >



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