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Re: Force focus past top nav on mobile

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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Apr 29, 2023 6:24AM

My first thoughts on that matter would be that,
A blind voice over or talk back user would be unfamiliar with the application.
Thus not know where he is on the screen.
Things need to have a logical semantic structure for screen reader users to navigate efficiently.

Dino

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> On Apr 29, 2023, at 1:42 AM, Barry via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi all
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> I am looking at a mobile app that has a large top nav menu and no mechanism
> to get to the start of content. What it does do, though, is to force focus
> to the content when a menu item is activated. I know this goes against
> WCAG, but why is it a problem?
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> Thanks in anticipation.
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> Cheers
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> Barry
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