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Re: Z-Order and Tag Order Need to Match?

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: May 27, 2020 10:45AM

Are you talking to the agency 508 Coordinator directly, or somebody else?
Does the agency have a checklist?

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Ryan E. Benson


On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:23 PM Ilana Gordon < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I should clarify that this is specifically for PDFs. And some government
> employee says it's a requirements.
>
> Ilana
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:17 PM Steve Green <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Who is saying it's absolutely necessary? I can see how it might cause
> > accessibility issues when the layout of pages change as they are zoomed,
> > but it's by no means inevitable.
> >
> > That said, I tend to regard the presence of "z-index" attributes as a
> > warning that there might be other nastiness because it suggests the
> design
> > is fundamentally flawed. It's the same as when you see positive
> "tabindex"
> > attributes.
> >
> > Steve Green
> > Managing Director
> > Test Partners Ltd
> >
> >
> >