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Re: Tab focus going to the beginning of Iframe:

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From: Ramakrishnan Subramanian
Date: Dec 2, 2016 8:41AM

Hi,
Thanks for your inputs
We observed this behavior when tested with jaws and also when we
tested without any screen reader.
but this is not happening in Chrome.

Thanks
Ram

On 12/1/16, Ramakrishnan Subramanian < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> I kindly request for your inputs for the below mentioned issue:
>
> When we navigate using tab key
> From outside of the frame, when we tab into the frame, first the focus
> is going to the beginning boundary of the Iframe which is not an
> interactive element.
> Then when we do tab, the focus is going to the link which is the first
> interactive element inside the frame.
>
> FYI:
> This happens both in IE 11 as well as in FF 45
> Inside the iframe we have only some links and texts. No form fields.
>
> Is this an expected behavior?
> Or, should we flag this as an accessibility issue since the focus is
> going to the non-interactive element?
>
> If you consider this as an issue, could you please suggest a best
> possible solution for this issue?
>
> Thanks for your inputs.
> Ram
>