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Re: keyboard accessibility while screen reader on

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Dec 1, 2015 5:21PM

Why would anybody do that in the first place?


Jonathan Cohn

> On Nov 26, 2015, at 5:47 AM, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> the person contacted me offlist and provided access to the problem UI.
>
> The issue was caused by a focusable button element with aria-hidden=true on
> it
>
> <button aria-hidden="true">x</button>
>
> Once that it was removed JAWS worked as expected.
>
> Refer to 4th Rule of ARIA
> http://w3c.github.io/aria-in-html/#fourth
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>;
>
> On 19 November 2015 at 22:10, Jennison Mark Asuncion <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Like Steve, I would also like more details. However, my gut is saying
>> that the screen reading software is not passing the Enter key to the
>> application, possibly because the screen reader is in a mode where the
>> Enter key is not meant to function at all.
>>
>> Jennison
>> >> >> >> > > > >