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Re: [EXTERNAL]How important in practice is WCAG Technique G165: Using the default focus indicator for the platform?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Oct 2, 2019 9:43PM

The way I think of 2.4.7 is that if you leave the focus indicator
style to the user agent, you are not responsible for its visibility,
if you go with user agent default settings it's the user agent's
problem so to speak.
The minute you override user agent defaults you become responsible for
ensuring that your implementation is WCAG conformant across the board.
Rolling your own is good if you want consistency with your brand, your
site, across user agents, going with user agent defaults is good if
you don't want to worry about WCAG and think that providing a custom
indicator could confuse people who are used to a certain user agent.



On 10/2/19, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> You're right Patrick. The WCAG thing was a bit of a red herring and the
> question is really about whether defining a focus indicator will adversely
> affect users who define their own. It just arose within the context of a
> discussion on those WCAG suggested techniques.
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> Mark Magennis
> Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
> Accessibility Specialist
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