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Re: Visible focus

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jan 3, 2017 10:30AM

JP Jamous wrote:
> Umm, what if the CSS breaks and does not load? Did they take that in consideration?
>
> This should remain untouched and left to the browser's default outline.

If the CSS doesn't load, then it reverts to the browser's default.

A primary reason people turn off outlines is because they don't like
the visual appearance of the browser defaults - and this varies
greatly by browser. I don't think there's anything wrong with
customizing it - especially if it can be made visually appealing and
match the site's visual design.

WCAG doesn't address contrast for keyboard focus indicators. I believe
this is an item to hopefully be addressed in WCAG 2.1. Regardless of
what WCAG requires, users need visually distinctive focus outlines in
order to meaningfully navigate a site.'

Jared