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Re: Buttons not operable with 'Space/Enter' When Screen Reader is ON

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From: glen walker
Date: Jan 3, 2019 3:22PM

Sorry, I wasn't clear on my response. I meant if keyboard handlers were
the **only** handlers on the element, then it wouldn't work for mouse
users. I wasn't addressing whether mouse handlers were present.

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:02 PM Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > If these were synthetic buttons with just an onkeyboard handler (and no
> click handler), then they wouldn't work for a sighted mouse user
>
> Not necessarily the case. What Birkir describes is very common. They may
> be using mouseup or mousedown events on the buttons and not a click
> handler.
>
> Or possibly they are using a click handler but have some overlay over the
> button that is the delegate or perhaps looking for some other
> characteristic of the click event that is not in the one sent by screen
> readers.
>
> Jonathan
>
>