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From: Sandy Feldman
Date: Jun 24, 2020 7:30AM

Léonie, this is really useful! Thanks very much.

Here's my takeaway - flex is ok for everything except for reordering
content, which is going to mess with the tab order. Browser can fix
that, but they haven't. So, in the meanwhile, I can use it except for
that one thing.

Did I get that right?

Sandy


On 2020-06-24 8:31 a.m., Léonie Watson wrote:
> I wrote this a little time ago now, and Firefox has since fixed the
> "bug" mentioned in the post, but the general overview is still relevant
> think.
> https://tink.uk/flexbox-the-keyboard-navigation-disconnect/
>
>
> On 24/06/2020 13:10, Sandy Feldman wrote:
>> It's been really interesting reading about the impact that grid has on
>> screen readers.
>>
>> I'd be interested in hearing what you guys think of flex CSS. Does using
>> flex attributes impact the screen reader experience? Aside from being
>> careful about using CSS to order content, is there something else to be
>> aware of?
>>
>> thanks!
>>