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Re: Links and Spacebar

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From: Steve Green
Date: Feb 3, 2020 9:50AM

On all Windows browsers (and maybe Mac, but I have not checked), the spacebar scrolls the page down unless the focus is on certain elements such as checkboxes and buttons. That said, I have never seen anyone do this in 15 years of user testing.

If all links responded to the spacebar I don't think anyone would notice. Nevertheless, I am not keen on making exceptions like this, so I would advocate against it. It should be easy to only have the spacebar work with links that are styled as buttons.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd