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Re: Accessibility clarification

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From: Katherine Barcham
Date: Aug 30, 2017 6:36PM

Hi Naina,
It's my understanding that when you're only using a keyboard to browse a web page you use the :
* enter key to activate links, and
* Spacebar or enter key to activate buttons.

The way to close a modal using a keyboard is to use the:
* Esc key to close it, or
* Tab key to get to the Close link/button and then use the correct key to activate it (depending on whether it's a link or a button).

I hope that helps you.

Katherine Barcham

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Mamta Gupta
Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2017 10:32 a.m.
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Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility clarification

Just wanted to clarify few points on accessibility testing.
1. Do all links on the webpage should be activated both by enter key and space bar on keyboard, or they should be activated just with enter key?

I was going through keyboard shortcuts on webaim, that shows
- Enter key is used to activate links.
- To activate buttons: enter key and space bar is used.
- To scroll page space bar is used.

I was testing a page where links can be activated both by space bar and enter key.
When I tried to scroll the page using space bar, it used to activate the focused link.
Is this behaviour acceptable for accessibility?

One more thing, whenever a modal box or a form is displayed on the top of the current page and lets say non sighted user would like to come off that modal box or the form, what would be the process.
Should escape key be used to dismiss the box for non sighted user to get rid off that box or form or he needs to tab to the close button for closing it.

Please advise.

Thanks,
Naina