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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Jan 3, 2023 12:11PM

As far as what Glen said:

Not a specific answer but keep in mind that DnD does not necessarily have
to be accessible. If DnD is used to perform an action, say, to reorder a
list, then as long as there is a keyboard way to reorder that list, then
you're ok. It's nice to make DnD accessible but it's not required.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 2:10 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Not a specific answer but keep in mind that DnD does not necessarily have
> to be accessible. If DnD is used to perform an action, say, to reorder a
> list, then as long as there is a keyboard way to reorder that list, then
> you're ok. It's nice to make DnD accessible but it's not required.
>
> With Safari on iOS/iPad, if you have multiple websites open, the tabs in
> the browser can be rearranged by dragging them. With VoiceOver on it says
> they're a "tab" widget and then says "double tap and hold, then move left
> or right to re-order." It actually works pretty well with VoiceOver. VO
> will tell you the names of the other tabs as you move before or after them.
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