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

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From: Ilana Gordon
Date: May 27, 2020 10:56AM

I wish they had a checklist. They are a moving target and keep asking for
things that seem over the top and in additional to the HHS checklist.

Ilana

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:46 PM Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

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