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From: Akshi Kakar
Date: Dec 10, 2013 4:24PM

Apart from labelling and adding titles to form fields (that are editable) if I have one form field on the page should I move my focus to that form field by default such that when the page loads the focus is within that field?

I am confused because this may be a case where we want to make the form usable by taking the user directly to that field instead of having the user navigate to it but it seems to be causing the screen reader to read only the editable field and nothing else on the page because the focus is set there.

For users with motor disabilities, would it be easier to maintain focus on the form field or will they be able to use keyboard shortcuts and move to the required field easily?

Thank you for your help!

Akshi Kakar
Design and Development
Hawkes Learning Systems, Inc.
http://hawkeslearning.com/