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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: May 15, 2016 6:35AM

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> You can invoke focus mode in two ways: tab onto the tablist, or hit enter
> whilst focus is on it. Similarly you can exit it in two different ways: by
> tabbing off the tablist, or by hitting escape.
>

Hitting enter whilst they are in focus doesn't work for me, you have to
manually go into forms mode.
If they are in focus and you hit tab, you go to the button after the tab
panel. Confusing.


The easiest interaction with NVDA is to tab onto the tablist, select a tab
> using the arrow keys, hit escape to exit focus mode, then resume using the
> arrow keys to navigate into the tabpanel content.
>

In which case, with the exception of knowing that there is a tab panel
(assuming you know what that means), what is the advantage of ARIA tabs for
NVDA users?

Sorry, that sounds like a rhetorical question, but I usually reach for
VoiceOver if I need to test with a screen reader so I'm genuinely trying to
understand!

-Alastair