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From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Jan 23, 2020 4:06PM

Glen and All,

From memory the ARIA specs do not recommend automatic focus change when changing tab items within a tab list. What Glen outlined is the approach I would recommend. If you use automatic focus, you get the old issue with drop downs (combo boxes) where the person cannot easily go to the 4th tab item in the tab list.

Sean