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Re: In-page links and programmatic focus

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From: Whitney Quesenbery
Date: Sep 13, 2016 11:03AM

I appreciate the technical knowledge here,
But I'm baffled by the question.

If a user clicks on a link, they should go to that link.
It doesn't matter what it points to

How the heck can someone create a browser that breaks the most basic
construct in the web: the link?

W

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:03 PM Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The following shows the basic concepts.
>
>
> <a href="#st1"
> onclick="document.getElementById(this.getAttribute('href').slice(1)).focus();
> return false;"> Skip to something </a>
>
> <div> Stuff to skip. </div>
>
> <h2 id="st1" tabindex="-1"> Something </h2>
>
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Accessibility Fellow
> SSB BART Group, Inc.
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 415.624.2709 (o)
> www.SSBBartGroup.com
>
>
>