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Re: Should disabled elements receive tab focus

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From: Mallory
Date: Oct 28, 2016 3:07AM

Disabled controls are not in the tab list. Someone suddenly breaking
that pattern in one
place would be extremely confusing. If I can focus on it, it should Do
Stuff for me. If you
let me focus on it, then it had better well Do Something when I click
it.

That some users choose to use tab for everything is not a good reason to
make breaking
changes. I know users who only use a mouse to click each form field; by
the above logic,
it would be a good thing to use auto-focus to save them some trouble.
And of course that
is a bad idea for many reasons.

Readonlys, on the other hand, while not editable, do live in the tab
list (because I can
still for example select and copy that text).

_mallory

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016, at 01:08 AM, Thomas Lee McKeithan II wrote:
> I differ. I believe that disabled buttons/controls should be in the tab
> order providing the user an accurate representation of what's presented
> on the page visually.
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> Respectfully,
> Thomas Lee McKeithan II | Optum Technology Solutions
> Electronic Accessibility Engineer, UX Design Studio (UXDS)
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