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Re: Tabpanel visible focus indicator

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Aug 22, 2022 2:29AM

I'm with you Lawrence. I think it should have a visible focus indicator purely because it receives focus while tabbing. If the focus indicator suddenly disappears while tabbing you will be left wondering where focus is and you might think there is something important on the page that you can't see. I think this is likely a worse problem than the focus indicator suggesting that you can interact with the panel in some way. You might wonder how you can interact with it and why you would want to but it's not something you're looking to do anyway. Unless it's a scrollable panel of course in which case the indicator is definitely essential.

Mark