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Re: Tab Order and Focus Question

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Mar 13, 2019 8:00AM

Hi Jim,

If it's in the tab order, either natively or by means of an assigned
tabindex, it can receive focus, in which case it should have an
identifiable name, role, value and focus outline.

Cheers, Isabel

On 13/03/2019, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Anything in the web or any program can receive focus. Tabindex is the
> attribute which permits the keyboard focus to land on an element. If the
> element should receive focus is a different story.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Jim
> Homme
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2019 3:01 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Tab Order and Focus Question
>
> Hi,
> The Understanding 4.1.2 page at
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/name-role-value talks about
> controls receiving focus. Since I'm a screen reader user, this may be a
> sighted question. It is possible to give tab order to items that are not
> controls. My question is: does that mean that these items receive focus if
> they are in the tab order?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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