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Re: Reorder table columns

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Feb 10, 2015 11:14AM

I would advocate for Jonathan's approach over Birkir's. Birkir's would add
2x(number of cols)-2 tab stops to the page, and would be burdensome for
people who use the keyboard vs a screen reader to navigate. Jonathan's
could be tucked into another page or modal window.

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Ryan E. Benson

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > I was asked what would be a sensible way to provide reordering of
> columns in an accessible way. Couldn't find anything helpful elsewhere.
>
> I'd follow paradigms that I see in the software world for making these
> accessible. This usually consists of a dialog box with a list of columns
> with move up and move down buttons. There are of course other ways to
> accomplish this such as via keystrokes.
>
> Jonathan
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