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Re: Navigating via headings in VoiceOver

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From: Rakesh P
Date: Jun 8, 2015 7:47PM

Check if you have used tabindex=1, when you use tab at any point in
the page you will be taken to the element that has tabindex 1
irrespective where you have started tabbing.

This could be the reason as far as I could remember.


On 6/8/15, Mickey Williamson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> So I have a sample page with a list of links split into categories. Each
> category is an h3. Like so:
>
> <h3>Category 1</h3>
> <ul>
> <li>Link 1</li>
> <li>Link 2</li>
> </ul>
> <h3>Category 2</h3>
> <ul>
> <li>Link 1</li>
> <li>Link 2</li>
> </ul>
>
> And so on.
>
> Using VO with Safari, I bring up a list of the headings and jump to
> Category 2 by pressing enter on the Category 2 heading. That takes me to
> the category 2 heading. But if I want to continue in the category and
> press tab to navigate through the list of Category 2 links, I'm taken back
> to the top of the page. Does that mean that I should always be adding
> tabindex of 0 or 1 to all my headings? Or am I misusing VoiceOver?
>
> Thanks,
> Mickey
> > > > >