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Re: [External Sender]What are the semantics in html?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 10, 2020 3:46PM

On 10/07/2020 12:29, Mallory wrote:
> Hm, if the focusable element is not in an incorrect order or doesn't have a tabindex larger than 0, it shouldn't fail Focus Order. The focus is still in visual and content order, no?

One way of thinking of it (at least one that I've used in the past, but
always happy to reevaluate my thinking) is that if an element should not
even BE in the focus order at all (because it's non-interactive/not
useful to have it in the focus order), then that's a failure of it (as
arguably the order/sequence should only include focusable elements).
Admittedly, that could be seen as a stretch?

> If it has no JavaScript to Do Something, it likely doesn't count as a "user interface component" and therefore is not covered by 4.1.2. 1.3.1 is also a stretch, as there's nothing in there that suggests the focusablility of something is expected to convey information (although in practice, people expect if they can Tab to it, it should Do Something. In that sense, I agree with Brian).

So where would you report things that take focus when they shouldn't? Or
do you just pass them (but perhaps mention this as a best practice issue)?

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