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Re: Cannot activate links with Keyboard

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From: glen walker
Date: Sep 5, 2018 3:04PM

I had tried it without a screen reader and the ENTER was not processed. I
agree with Patrick's original assessment that preventDefault() is draining
the ENTER and not letting it get passed up the chain.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 2:57 PM Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > I cannot activate them with the Enter key on the keyboard (Please ignore
> the other issues we are working on).
>
> I would ask if a screen reader is running or not when this behavior
> occurs. Some screen readers send a click when enter is pressed in virtual
> cursor mode (some have settings to change this behavior). It should work
> correctly when enter is sent or via the click event to support a wide range
> of users.
>
> Jonathan
>
>