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Re: Table with expandable row > focus management

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From: Karl Brown
Date: Apr 20, 2017 1:16AM

Yes, as by expanding the row the user's saying "I want to know what
information's behind this expandable row".

That said, without seeing the mark-up I can't comment whether it's a tab
order issue or whether it could be solved another way.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Fernand van Olphen <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have a question about focus management.
>
> The website I am reviewing is using a table with an expandable row. (This
> is the plugin being used: https://datatables.net/
> examples/api/row_details.html
> It is not keyboard accessible. But let us suppose it is.)
>
> This is what I should be able to do:
>
> - I TAB to the "plus-sign" in the first cell
> - I use ENTER or Spacebar
> - The expandable row expands
>
> However, the next element in the source order is the second cell, not the
> expandable row. So, should something be done with the focus management?
>
>
> Fernand van Olphen
> Accessibility Advisor
> Municipality of The Hague
>
>
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> > > > >



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