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Re: Clear text within search edit field

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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Sep 14, 2024 6:07AM

Sean
What you say makes sense to a point
If the button is not focusable, it is because there is no text in the edit field once there’s Text in the edit field. The button is then focusable so I do not think it is a failure in that case.
Dean Vasile


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> On Sep 14, 2024, at 7:11 AM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
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> This is a failure as far as I am concern. If there is a button on the screen and is not in the tab order / keyboard focus order . Then it fails focus order.
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> Regardless if there is other keyboard commands related to the edit field which achieves the same result. As ctrl + a is related to the 2.1.1 keyboard criteria as far as I am concern, not to the tab focus order.
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> Note: Being a screen reader user, I should be able to access all the visible buttons on the screen via the tab or shift + tab keys, plus using my screen reader capability.
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> Sean
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