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Re: Where Does The Idea Screen Reader Users Use Tab for Main Navigation Come From?

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From: glen walker
Date: Oct 11, 2018 8:04AM

Hi Reuben, I was wondering the same thing and hope Brandon can clarify that
part of his question, but my guess was that if you only focus on tab
navigation, then the developer will make sure that all form elements have
an accessible name and all links have appropriate context but they might
not focus on other semantic elements such as headings, lists, tables,
images, etc, which are only navigated to using screen reader shortcut keys
or via the arrow keys. If that happens, then the screen reader user would
miss out on a lot of information and organization that is not properly
tagged.

I use the tab key as one of my first testing scenarios to make sure I can
get to and interact with all interactive elements, that they all have a
focus indicator, and that they all have an accessible name.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 7:54 AM Reuben Turk < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> I guess the part I'm not understanding relates to this part of the original
> post:
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> "It's harmful when developers make an experience that is only accessible
> using
> tab and I miss it because I'm using the arrow keys."
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