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From: Pete Hachey
Date: Jan 4, 2018 1:20PM

Hi all,

Anybody came across this issue?

Hardware keyboard navigation (using tab key) do not work on IPAD or IPAD mini using Safari or Chrome browser.

I am a web developer, working on web app and I ensured javascript events with event.which= and 32 for enter and space bar and also used tabindex="0" for div buttons. Etc.

The web app tab navigation works perfect using hardware keyboard on Windows system using Chrome, Firefox and IE browsers and Samsung phones S5 and S8.

Unlike the desktop macOS there is no settings i can find to make IPAD or IPAD mini work with well hardware keyboard.

Cannot tab to:

Form fields and links. Able to type into form fields with hardware keyboard.

Thanks in advance

Pete