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Re: data table pagination - focus position?

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Nov 8, 2018 7:56AM

Only thing is, if you leave the focus on the "Next page" button,
screenreader users might not know that the page was updated and might
keep pressing the button and thinking it doesn't work.

I would either pop up an accessible toast telling users the new page
number ("Page 3 of 7"), or provide a heading with the same information
just above the table and move the focus to the heading. And as a
screenreader user myself, I think I marginally prefer the second
solution as it lines me up for reading the new records.

Cheers, Isabel

On 07/11/2018, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> This is more of a usability question than an accessibility question, but
> still a great question.
>
> Since the "next page" button is just updating part of the page, I prefer to
> keep the focus where it is. I might want to hit "next page" several
> times. If the focus had moved back to the table, I'd have to navigate back
> to the next button every time.
>
> After I get to the page I want, I can easily hit Shift+T to navigate back
> to the table.
>
> This is just my personal opinion and not based on any user research or
> guidelines other than experience in the field.
>
> Glen
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:19 AM Tomlins Diane <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> This may have come up before, but searching the archives didn't bring up
>> anything directly, so please forgive me if it has.
>>
>> The setup: we have a health portal application and within this
>> application
>> a patient can go to their profile and see an Activity Log showing every
>> login, and what they did within the application, such as viewing clinical
>> information. It's presented in a sortable data table where you can select
>> how many records per page to display, the maximum is 20/page. A couple
>> of
>> the columns are sortable and at the bottom is the pagination with page
>> numbers and previous/next buttons.
>>
>> For SR testing, I use NVDA. I'm assuming the typical method for
>> navigating such tables using the arrow and ctrl+arrow keys?
>>
>> So my question is around focus when changing 'pages' - should focus
>> remain
>> where it is, at the pagination controls and just have it announce 'page 3
>> of 15'? Is it typical to then have to back up thru the data table to get
>> to
>> the top of the new page of records? Should focus shift to the top of the
>> new set of displayed records?
>>
>> It's one thing for me to use a mouse, or keyboard, and see the data
>> change
>> when you change pages and then just scroll up and down the page to view
>> it, but what's the expected interaction for those who can't do that?
>>
>> I just want to be sure we're using the right interaction and not
>> complicating things for AT users.
>>
>> Thanks for your input,
>>
>> Diane R Tomlins
>> HCA IT&S | UXCOE
>> Accessibility SME
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
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