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Re: data table pagination - focus position?

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From: Tomlins Diane
Date: Nov 9, 2018 7:35AM

Isabel, that was my initial thought too, but I wasn't sure what would be better for those using screen readers. Using the prev/next function, when the next page of data is displayed, it does announce something like 'rows 6-10 of 234', so a screen reader user will definitely know that the data has changed. If using arrows or back-tabs or Shift+T to get to the new first record displayed is typical, then we will leave the focus where it is, at the pagination area.

Thank you,

Diane R Tomlins
HCA IT&S | UXCOE
Accessibility SME

>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