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Re: Misuse of TabIndex 0

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 7, 2017 2:56PM

On 07/07/2017 21:52, Devarshi Pant wrote:
> Ofcourse, they can arrow down etc., but those who cannot use the mouse
> still need to use the tab key to interact with a link / control within a
> table.

And they're not prevented from doing so, even when the caption is NOT
made keyboard focusable with tabindex=0, or am I missing something?

> Question being - is it an accessibility issue to use tabindex 0 on
> important static text?

I'd personally class it more as an annoyance in most cases, and
potentially confusing, rather than a hard failure.

P
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