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Re: Insertion Point while editing

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Dec 2, 2022 3:39AM

On 02/12/2022 10:31, allyssa jessicon wrote:
> This is not a WCAG violation.
>
> Patrick, are you trying to say the insertion point in a webpage is
> controlled by OS/AT/Browser and when it comes to the mobile platform
> iOS/Android, its not controllable by application dev and so is a
> Section 508 failure?

Not just mobile platform, but relates to actual software products in
general (which may be implementing their own input handling etc from
basic principles, so need to make sure they communicate information
correctly to assistive technologies...something that, for web content,
is handled already by the browser/OS)

P
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