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Re: Interpretation of WCAG 1.4.13

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From: Peter Quale
Date: Jul 18, 2018 11:24AM

Excellent point on the "Esc" key, Steve. Thank you.


On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> I agree that closing the date picker on blur is highly desirable.
> Backtracking to the date field and pressing the Enter key is not compliant
> with 1.4.13, which states ".A mechanism is available to dismiss the
> additional content without moving pointer hover or keyboard focus".
>
> However, if you can arrange for the Esc key to close the date picker
> regardless of where the focus is, my view is that this should be compliant.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
>