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Re: Any alternative to reveal elements onfocus just like onmousehover in Rich Internet Applications ?

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From: Musthafa KP
Date: Jun 13, 2014 3:51AM

onfocus="hideOverlay()" ??? is it showOverlay(). Make sure your button is
getting focus (use CSS for highlighting). Use focus/blur events for your
hover actions. It should work.


On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Ravindra Kumar Jain < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi List,
> This is a user functionality , I am searching for which I think may
> be "quite possible using jquery."
>
> Consider an example of "Dropdown menu"
> for a sighted user "onmousehover" over the main button / link
> reveals the sub-headings.
> I am expecting the same functionality for a keyboard user, when he
> tabs into the button / link.
> Example:
>
> <ul class="TopMenu">
> <li class="level_1" onmouseout="hideOverlay();"
> onmouseover="showOverlay(this);">
>
> For which I tried adding , onfocus="hideOverlay();", sadly didn't work.
>
> Question : Can somebody suggest any good working implementable
> examples / links (please dont give any framework examples )
> ............?
>
> Question :Is is not justified that if a sighted user can reveal links
> onmousehover .. a non sighted user can and should do the same on
> tabbing ?
>
> This I guess can be very useful for accessible dropdown menus and
> expandable / collapsible regions.
>
> Thanks in advance .....
>
> Ravindra Kumar Jain
> Accessibility Engineer
> Onya Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
> www.onyadigital.com
> > > >