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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Aug 25, 2016 10:57AM

Question: When using tabs like five items in a horizontal row each with some text content, is it better to jump focus to the content when the user expands or activates the tab or have the user have to go through the other tabs to get to content?

Also, the specs (https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#tabpanel) say that only the active tab should be in the tab order and users should use arrows to move through tabs. Is this another area when the specs are ahead of user expectations?

Thanks.

Joseph