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Re: Automatic Keyboard navigation via Javascript

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 26, 2017 3:18AM

On 26/10/2017 09:34, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Is it possible via Javascript to initiate a tab keypress and a shift tab
> keypress, and log the element which the keyboard focus moves too? I am just
> thinking of a way of logging the different elements keyboard focus moves to
> on the page without using Assistive Tech.

Unfortunately, no...as the handling of tab etc is at the browser level,
not at the page/document level (otherwise a webpage would be able to
send arbitrary "fake" key commands that trigger browser commands as well).

P
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