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Re: automatic tab activation sample from ARIA Practices document with current Jaws behaviour

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From: glen walker
Date: May 17, 2023 10:52AM

Both JAWS and NVDA are working ok for me on Chrome and Firefox. I hear an
audible change when I TAB (key) to the tablist because it automatically
switches between browse mode and forms mode (or whatever your favorite
terms are for the two modes). I get the same audible sound when tabbing to
an input field.

I'm using the default settings in both screen readers which is automatic
switching between modes. As Jonathan said, you can switch modes manually
with Ins+Z for JAWS and Ins+space for NVDA.

Here is a partial list of when the mode should automatically switch.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/practices/keyboard-interface/#fundamentalkeyboardnavigationconventions

These are elements that require you to manage the focus and it happens to
map to the same elements that switch modes automatically. (The input
element is not in that list because it doesn't require focus management but
it does switch modes.)