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Re: Tab and accordion order

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From: glen walker
Date: Sep 5, 2019 6:04PM

I suppose it might depend if you're asking about a compliance violation vs
the user experience.

1.3.2 talks about Meaningful Sequence and if the reading order affects the
*meaning* of the content. The "understanding" section says, "A sequence is
meaningful if the order of content in the sequence cannot be changed
without affecting its meaning". In this case, if the tabs were read first
and then the content, or vice versa, I don't think it affects the *meaning*
of the content. It might be confusing trying to associate which tab is
associated with the content but I don't think it affects the meaning of the
content.

Somewhat related is 2.4.3 Focus Order. It talks about meaning *and*
operation. If the tab order affects the mean or if the tab order affects
the operation. But again, whether the tabs are read first or the content
is read first, I don't think that affects the meaning or operation of the
tabs. Initially it might make it harder to figure out where the tabs are
(if after the content) but it doesn't prevent me from using the tabs to
change the content.

But that doesn't really address your main question which is more about the
user experience than compliance.


On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:17 AM Brian Lovely via WebAIM-Forum <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I occasionally see tabs or accordions where the content precedes the tabs
> or buttons controlling it. I see this as a violation of 1.3.2 Finding Added
> Content, in addition to seeming less logical than the controlled content
> being the next thing in focus order from the control.
>
> My question to non-visual screen reader users is do you find "reversed" tab
> or accordion order problematic? Most of the time when I am describing the
> human impact of a WCAG violation, I feel pretty confident that there is a
> clear impediment to use, but with this one, I feel less confident.
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