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Re: Regarding expected functionality for an ARIA editable data grid control

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 10, 2013 1:44PM

I would say that ctrl-end puts focus on the last row of the last page.
As long as ctrl-page up will move to the first row of that page.
This is more in line with the expected functionality of this key
combination in other situations, such as in a text editor.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
-Birkir
Birkir Gunnarsson
Accessibility SME | Deque Systems


On 11/9/13, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi, I'm currently designing an ARIA Data Grid control, which is going to do
> all sorts of stuff. The intent is to make this as scalable and as accessible
> as absolutely possible for desktop and mobile platforms for keyboard and
> screen reader users. It will also normalize equally across jQuery, Dojo, and
> MooTools.
>
> I have a question though about the expected functionality of pagination.
>
> Pagination is handled automatically, where you can arrow down or up past the
> bounds of the rendered grid rows and cause the previous or next page to load
> automatically for infinite scrolling, and the same is true by pressing
> PageUp or PageDown to navigate by page.
>
> Pressing Control+Home and Control+End though will render the first and last
> pages respectively.
>
> So if you press Control+Home, the row that receives focus is row 1 on the
> first page.
>
> When Control+End is pressed though, would it make more sense to set focus to
> row1 on the last page, or on the last row on the last page?
>
> It's mostly done, but more details about what the grid is supposed to do are
> available at
> http://lnkd.in/bj465ZD
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
> > > >