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Re: ARIA tab interface

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Oct 17, 2019 3:06PM

That was my initial thought as well, which is why I asked. I guess
what I was looking for was if it is a no-no from an accessibility
rules stand point. The design makes sense to look at it. They are more
like buttons that tabs - visually speaking - and they represent
choices. Once a choice is made, related content appears. I was reading
about aria-controls and the design doesn't lend itself to some of the
build recommendations suggested to make that a viable option. My
content is basically a tabbed interface, but like I said, didn't show
tab 1 on load.

So, is it a bad thing or just not the norm?



On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:58 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Seems a little odd to use a tab navigator but not have any of the tabs'
> contents displayed by default. So the content panel is empty initially?
>
> After a tab is selected, and content is displayed, can the user unselect
> the tab and go to the initial state?
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 1:23 PM Tom Livingston < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Also, I'll add that this is the method I was looking to implement:
> >
> >
> > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/Tab_Role
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:13 PM Tom Livingston < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > We have a design for a page with what I believe to be a tab interface.
> > > A row of buttons that show/hide related content. The design, however,
> > > isn't showing any tabs selected by default when the page initially
> > > loads. Is this easy enough to do or would not having a tab and related
> > > content visible on page load be wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >

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