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Re: Visual focus indicator when using VO on iPhone

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jun 10, 2021 11:54AM

On 10/06/2021 18:45, Radhika Soni wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I need some clarification on the visual focus indicator that you see on
> Mobile when using VO. As far as I know, when using VO on mobile we see a
> default focus for everything ( text and interactive) element.
> So do we need separate visual focus as well, the way we see on the desktop
> when using the TAB key? And what developers need to do , so that mobile
> users don't see the extra visual focus as on desktop when using VO with
> swipe gestures.

The focus that VO sets is separate from anything the author can define
on their page. And VO doesn't trigger :focus styles when you navigate
around, so there's nothing authors can actually do here.

P
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