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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jul 26, 2017 3:19PM

Note that by default Chrome has a light blue focus indicator, while IE uses a dotted outline. The blue box in chrome is usually easier to see than the dotted line box in IE, so you may be experiencing the loss of focus in IE due to difficulty of seeing the dotted outline.

Joseph


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> Subject: [WebAIM] getting different result using IE and Chrome
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> Hello All,
>
> Quick question,
> I've been testing a web page's accessibility with keyboard-only. I 'm having different
> results using Chrome and IE.
> Chrome works perfectly, but when using IE, there is a loss of focus and cannot tab
> through the focusable items.
> Have you had the same experiences? Is it related to the browser or the web page?
>
> Thank you
>
> Shiva Pourgholaminejad
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Disability Resources Center
> University of Nevada, Reno
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