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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Jul 7, 2016 2:38AM

Thanks Patrick. You have made a great point about users using external
keyboards.

Thanks,
Srini

Regards,

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On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> On 07/07/2016 08:55, Srinivasu Chakravarthula wrote:
>
>> I think it's still relevant on touch devices too. Imagine user with low
>> vision / cognitive who may use screen reader for reading purpose but have
>> habit of looking at screen.
>>
>
> When using touch+AT, note that focus/hover is not always triggered (e.g.
> no "focus" event is fired when the AT's focus moves to an item, no :focus
> CSS pseudo-classes are applied). Currently, it seems that only
> VoiceOver/iOS fires focus/applies :focus, while other combinations
> (TalkBack/Android, Narrator/Windows 10 Mobile) don't. See
> https://patrickhlauke.github.io/touch/tests/results/#mobile-tablet-touchscreen-assistive-technology-events
>
> However, the AT will generate and display its own fairly heavy-weight
> focus indication/outline, so this is less of a problem in practice.
>
> Also, don't forget scenarios where an actual keyboard (e.g. external
> bluetooth keyboard paired with the phone) is used - see
> https://patrickhlauke.github.io/touch/tests/results/#mobile-tablet-keyboard-mouse-events
>
> P
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