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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Oct 2, 2018 6:33AM

Thanks Birkir. I have thought about 2.4.3, but I wasn't sure because
the focus does akign with the visual presentation. It's just that IMHO
both need an overhaul.

I think I'll fail it. Thank's for your help.

On 02/10/2018, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi
>
> your only bet is WCAG 2.4.3 - focus order.
> It only says that focus order has to be logical, best practice if it
> matches the visual order of the elements on the page.
>
> In this scenario I have filed a best practice/keyboard usability
> recommendation to move the CTA (the submit button before the secondary
> buttons (e.g. forgot password or cancel).
> This can be hard to do, people do not want to mess around with
> tabindex attributes and the order is often pretty fixed so switching
> the underlying source order will require adjustments to global CSS
> styles which triggers the whole set of approvals and regression
> testing retesting.
>
>
>
> On 10/2/18, Isabel Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have a scenario where there's a question to be answered, then a
>> series of 3 or 4 buttons (sitewide preferences and a couple of others
>> that have slipped my mind), then the "Next question" button, which is
>> effectively the Submit button.
>>
>> The navigation is consistent throughout the product, but IMHO the
>> elements in between the question and its Submit button are misplaced.
>>
>> Would this fail against any WCAG2 test criterion? I don't think so,
>> but I wonder if I'm missing something?
>>
>> Thanks as always, Isabel
>> >> >> >> >>
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