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From: Kirsty.Baker
Date: Jun 25, 2019 2:18AM

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Hello

If on loading a page with a search box you were to automatically set the cu=
rsor within the search box, would this have a negative impact on accessibil=
ity? One argument could be that this is helpful to users especially if the =
main purpose of the site is as a search tool. But on the other side it coul=
d be that this is not what users would be expecting, and it could possibly =
have a negative impact on keyboard only users and screen reader users? I'd =
be interested to hear views on this.

Many thanks

Kirsty Baker


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