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Re: In-page links and programmatic focus

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From: Lovely, Brian (CONT)
Date: Sep 12, 2016 2:07PM

What if the targeted element is not a focusable element, but a text node, like a footnote. Shouldn't you expect the footnote to be the next element to be read out? ...as opposed to before the in page link was activated, in which case the target of the in page link would not be the next element read out. Can focus be in one place and the virtual cursor in another?

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Paul Adam
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] In-page links and programmatic focus

If the in page link goes to a focusable element like with tabindex=-1 then keyboard focus will shift to that element properly. .focus() should only be needed with JavaScript button type events like opening a modal dialog.

http://pauljadam.com/demos/inpagelinks.html

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> On Sep 12, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Beranek, Nicholas < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> My team and I are having a discussion about in-page links. We are trying to determine if it's necessary to programmatically shift focus to the target element once an in-page link is activated.
>
> What behavior do you expect? If I have an anchor that targets an ID on the page, do I also need to add an element.focus() handler (with subsequent tabindex=-1 if necessary)?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nick
>
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> Nick Beranek
> Capital One
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