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Re: Tab order of interactive elements

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Oct 2, 2018 11:59AM

Hi Glen,

Thanks for your comments. We've reluctantly decided that it's a UX
issue rather than a WCAG fail. Either way I'm quietly confident it'll
be dealt with in an upcoming product overhaul.

Cheers, Isabel

On 02/10/2018, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Is the visual order on the page (and the DOM), the question, the site
> preferences, then the "next" button? If so, the focus order does match the
> visual order.
>
> But it sounds like the visual order is confusing. I think the phrases "the
> navigation sequences affect...operation" and "components receive focus in
> an order that preserves...operability" of 2.4.3 would apply in that case.
> It seems odd to have to tab over site preferences between the question and
> the "next" button, and to have to do that on every question. But it might
> be hard to convince someone that that actually fails 2.4.3. It's
> essentially a bad UX for all users which, weirdly enough, sometimes makes
> it not an accessibility issue since it affects all users.
>
> Glen
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