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Re: Having an application element gain focus when the page loads?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 12, 2018 10:24AM

On 12/03/2018 09:30, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a page with:
> <div role="application"></div>
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to properly have it gain focus when the page
> loads (for both sighted and blind users), and pass all keyboard input to an
> element.

Assuming the whole page is an application, why not add
role="application" directly to the <body> ? Or does the page also
contain other things that are outside of the application area, but you'd
want THAT to be accessed first?

P
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