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From: glen walker
Date: Oct 17, 2018 12:39PM

What is the problem with JAWS and IE with the tabindex="-1"?

IE actually requires you to have tabindex="-1" on any element that might
receive focus or if that element is used in an aria-labelledby. Without
tabindex="-1", while the page might scroll to that element when focus is
sent to it (via javascript), if you tab after the page scrolls, the focus
wasn't really moved to that element and the tab focus goes to whatever was
after where the focus was previously.

This is documented on microsoft -
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/accessibility/gg701963(v=vs.85)#accessible-html-elements

So I'm puzzled what problem you're seeing when using tabindex="-1"

Glen

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:31 AM JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> <main id="page-content" tabindex="-1">
>
> I don't like the tabindex="-1" because JAWS in IE causes problems when
> tabbing.
>
>