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Re: Flexbox layout ordering and tabbing order

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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Oct 13, 2015 8:22AM

Patrick H. Lauke wrote:

Don't forget people who can see but still use sequential navigation /
> TAB/SHIFT+TAB / keyboard. Seeing controls in one place on the screen, but
> not being able to set focus to them in the apparent visual order, will
> confuse and frustrate them...
>

And switch access is the more extreme version of that, where you are
following the focus visually but cannot control the speed or direction. If
you miss it, you have to circle around again.