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Re: Drag n drop

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From: glen walker
Date: Jun 26, 2018 2:08PM

Most drag and drop actions should have an alternate keyboard action. You
can look at powerpoint as an example. Mouse users can drag powerpoint
objects around to position them or drag out a side or corner of a region to
resize. You can do the same thing using a keyboard. You tab to go from
object to object. When the desired object is selected, you can use the
arrow keys to move the object and modified arrow keys to resize and
rotate. Shift+arrow does big size changes and ctrl+shift+arrow does
smaller resize changes. Alt+arrow rotates. Pressing Enter or F2 on an
object allows you to edit the contents of the object. Escape saves the
edits and puts the focus back on the object.

That's just an example. I'm not sure what your situation is but anything a
mouse user can do with drag and drop in your interface should be doable
from the keyboard too.


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Shiva Pourgholaminejad <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello All,
> I am looking for an accessible version of drag and drop and text selection
> features.
> I'd appreciate any thought about them.
> Thanks
>
> Shiva Pourgholaminejad
> Accessibility Compliance Trusted Tester (Cert #300937)
> https://www.dhs.gov/trusted-tester
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Student Services
> University of Nevada Reno
> (775)682-8512
> https://www.unr.edu/accessibility
>
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